Are you lifted with blocks or springs? Reason being if blocks u could have a crack in one and when backing it could be binding or possibly a broken rear leaf

 

Did anybody ever think that their u-joints are going bad?? Mine did the same thing and it turned out i had a bad driverside u-joint and the u-joint nearest to the t-case was bad too. Id check them out if i was you.

 

Leafs

 

How much do they run ??

 

What causes creaking steering?

 

They werent that expensive. 25 bucks at napa i think.

 

12 for the front one. Dont buy 'em till you check if they are bad though

 

I got under there yesterday and it didn't seem like they had play

 

Try wiggling your exhaust around. Could be loose and bouncing on something.

 

Ill try that when I get home..thanks for the input

 

I kind of have the same problem. I have a all wheel drive... I talked to a transmission mechanic and he explained it like this. you need jack all four tires in the air. run a tape measure around them and write it down if the measurements are off by more than a couple if inches you might have to buy 4 new tires to stop the sound. all thew tires must have the same circumference, Hope this helped

 

That makes Little sense as to why the tires would be any more than an inch off...??? If they are that far off then either they are two totally different sizes or you have a spare on haha. I don't think tire size has much to do with this problem. Seems like its either a u joint or some stupid bushing

 

I have a similar repeating "thud" only when backing and I've been told that it is my differential grabbing. Haven"t changed my fluid yet so I can't confirm.