Popping sounds while making shrap turns

Usually when the front end is popping it because the spring bushings are done for, not always the case. It might be your kingpins. Not a mechanic here, just something's I've experienced with front end popping.

 

Yup grease the front end and take it in for an alignment. Most likely got something outa whack from hitting the curb to hard.

 

I'm not sure about the turning part. I was referring to the popping noise. Now back in my younger years we had a driver hit a curb hard and it bent the splines on the steering box. Turned like #### until they fixed the box, might look at the splines on the steering box.

 

You are oversteering.

Grease that ####### 5th wheel once in a while will ya!?

 

If things are wore out enough a sudden unloading and reloading of the joints cause cause the grease to be shot out thus effecting them and causing them to stick or move when told not to. Could have also tweaked the tierod and knocked the toe out of alignment causing the ill turning your talking about.

Hope you knocked the driver up side the head too just to knock a little sense into him to not curb the truck.

 

I fought and lost to a railroad switch once. Got caught in the frog, forced the mack out of it. Ruined the entire front end. They yelled. And are still yelling 40 years later.... I never saw that mack again, that particular company was really something with disposal of old tractors ....

 

I'm just throwing this out there. But are you sure the diff locks are not in???

Dry pavement with 4 wheel diff locks engaged will give same symptoms