Friends,

You guys helped me with my windshield wiper, so I am back for more advice.

Coming home today on a rural country roa dI noticed a a faint thunking or clanking noise coming from I thought the front driver side wheel well. The more I drove the louder it got and I have never heard this before and I am seriouly in tune with my vehicles aand their various sounds. I thought I had ran over something that had wrapped around my wheel. I pulled over and looked... there was nothing there! I got home and jacked the car up and looked at all four wheels and everything seemed ok. I drove it some more. It is making a clunking noise after a few miles of driving. It does not do it in neutral or at idle and sounds as if it the same rythum as the wheels turning. And it seems like it is coming from the front. When I jacked the car up I rotated the front wheel left and right and could hear a thunking comming from the u-joints but to be fair it only clunked when I cahnged direction. I am thinking a u-joint or cv joint. It does not do it when turning mainly in a straight line.

Do any of you find this familliar or have any suggestions as to what it might be. The car has 60,000 miles.

Thanks in advance

Rob Garven

98 Rodeo 4WD V6
steel wheels, automatic