2021 Ram 2500 Tradesman 4x4 popping from front end.

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Spuds 1

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When I pull out of my driveway there is a popping noise from the front right tire area. Truck has 6000 miles on it, and this problem just started about the last 1000 miles. To me it sounds like a loose shock mount or blown out bushing somewhere. I have checked everything visually and found nothing. Of course the dealer can't duplicate the problem. Any ideas????
 

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you can stare at a bolt all day but it dont tighten itself. go under there with a wrench
 

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Did they check the ball joints? Mine went bad on the right side pretty early on- it would thump on right turns over a bump. They replaced the right upper and lower ball joints and a u joint around 17,000 miles. From what I recall the tolerances on these ball joints are a bit loose to begin with.
 

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When the dealership can't reproduce the issue have them put a tech in the truck with you so they can validate the issue when you do it.
 
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Dealer finally found bad upper ball joints right and left side. No more issues. Thanks to all..
 

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Glad they found it but REALLY surprised ball joints went bad at that low mileage. Will have to pay attention for clunks from my 2021 Laramie 2500
 

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I’m new to this and the forum. Thanks for the thoughts on the noise in front end of my ram 2500 4x4 crew cab. We hear the noise and also feel it thru the floor board (right front) mostly. This does not happen all the time my pickup has 9500 hundred miles on it any thought would be helpful Thanks
 

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In the market so watching this thread. This stuff at a few thousand miles is concerning. Not talking about some electronic gadget that had a bad 5 cent resister connection here,
 

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