Looks like auto-maintenance season has finally started to spring....
Had a clunk up front that felt like it was coming from the front driver's side wheel. Did all the standard tests and found the driver's side front tire had a little play and a "clunk" when holding and tilting at 9-3. Checked the Ball Joints, they look and are amazing, no noise nor play at all. Steering is tight, no play or noise on the tie rod ends at all. So cleaned, reinstalled and replaced the outer bearings (the inners looked perfect but I had one outer that was a little "loose" on the passenger side, and summit has the wrong part# for the inners). Replaced them and cleaned all the nasty black grease off and put new valvoline high temperature grease specifically stated for this application. Never realized there was any slop, it was tight before, it's really smooth and tight now, like a brand new truck almost.
Next thing is my shocks and RABs. Still the verdict is out on the Radius Arm Bushings as to which method to choose because I still have the rivets. Grinding is tempting because I could do this with practically nothing but a pair of jack-stands for security (and without removing the wheels), but then removing the arms with the truck jacked up on stands with the tire off sounds more "correct" to me. Come-along sounds tempting as well if I do it before the old shocks. May even get the shop to do them. For shocks I'm going KYB Gas-A-Just, after reading here for awhile, I would like a tighter ride, especially since I live in Reno now and dabble around offroad a bit more than I did in Seattle (nothing too heavy though) and the truck has proven exceptionally good despite being stock for a 2wd in the desert.