Unusual noises from the steering/suspension system help please

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ERIC95TAHOE

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My vehicle is a 95 Tahoe.
Ball joints upper and lower, tie rod ends inner and outer, pitman arm, and idler arm all seem to be intact, i just replaced all the shocks recently. the first noise i am hearing is, if i turn tightly (for example backing out of a parking stall) while backing up a popping noise comes from the front of the truck. i have been hunting this one down for quite some time. i had someone back the truck up slowly and turn while i popped the hood walked along side and listened, it was coming from the front passenger side and sounding like it was near the frame. now how accurate that is i don't know. it only happens when you turn the wheel. it repeatably makes this noise while turning and backing, not just one pop and its done. also the truck did this since i bought it.

second noise is while driving down the road if you hit certain bumps just right you can hear a rattling sound from the front passenger side. possibly thinking to two noises are related. its a not any heat shields i have been up and down the thing and found one loose heat shield and fixed it, but the noise was still there and didn't sound exactly like that did

third noise is from the driver side rear, bounce the rear of the truck and a squeak will come from the drivers side leaf spring area. all leafs are intact.

any ideas anyone? i know its kind of hard to explain noises without actually hearing them so i did my best to describe them. thanks
 

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You should check you shocks, the bolts may not be tight enough. After I installed my Bilstein shocks I started getting a rattling in my front end and it turned out to be loose shock bolts.
 

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the squeak is most likely the leafs creaking, you can grease them or spray them down with WD-40, that will stop the noise for a little.

The pop, could be a CV shaft / joint

Rattles could be many things
 
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i torqued the shocks bolts to proper specs i assume they are still tight maybe ill re torque them and see if the rattle goes away. my CV shafts look fine, they don't twist, i can move them back and forth quite a bit, i was thinking it would do it going forward and backward if it was that but who knows, that was my original thinking when i first bought the truck. i figured the squeaking was the leafs, i tried spraying them down with pb blaster ( all i had ) and it didn't work. that i can hardly hear so not to worryed about that, the noise in the front bothers me the most its pretty loud.
 

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