so within the past 2 months i did new steering rack bushings and new rotors/pads for my brakes...everything has been good on that
however i noticed within the past week a nasty creaking that sometimes turns into clunking while driving..

it seems that when i first start driving for the day..it rides fine no noise..but after a few mins the creaking slowly starts and gets worse the more i drive.

i got under the car the other day and noticed that the steering rack bolts did come lose..tightened them properly and drove the car..no noise? but i went for a small drive..this is when i realized that the noise doesn't happen right away/..next day after a while of driving it was back in full force..so i got under the car again today ..steering rack bolts still tightened..also tried following the thread that listed the main 17mm bolts to tighten to get rid of this but..no luck

im starting to think that its coming more from the driver side and possibly a ball joint or something of the liking..however ive never had this happen to me before so some input would be nice if any one has had this issue and fixed it..

thanks a lot

 

Have you checked your control arm bushings?

 

not yet but ill take a look at them now..i mean i peaked that way when i was checking to see if they were tighten to spec and didn't look bad from what i saw but i didnt inspect them

 

Check your sway bar endlinks while you're at it.

 

well i did some work today and im thinking it is the upper ball joint..it only creaks while turning usually left not right so i sprayed it with wd40 and the creak went away..
however any input is still appreciated ..thanks