Banging noise in front end

Gjac wrote:
I borrowed a 12 ton jack and will jack it up by the lwr A arm to compress the coil spring when the rain stops and check the ball joints. I realized that just using the MH jacks was not really a good way to check the front end parts because of the tension on that coil spring.

Here's a thought since the best we can do is brainstorm. If you're going thru all this trouble take it to the next level. Get a long board and a fulcrum. Place the board under the tire and the fulcrum close to the tire. On the far end push up and down on the board. Try to mimic a bad road. With a little bit of luck you'll hear a clunck. Then you can ask for help while you listen closer to figure out exactly where the clunk is.

I'm assuming you got levelers and now the 12 ton jack. Between them both you should be able to lift just about everything that would clunk. BTW, be careful. Nothing worst then being under something that heavy when it falls.