If I'm taking an on ramp or anything where the car leans a little I hear a nice "clunk clunk clunk" repeating until I straighten out the wheel.

What's odd is if I'm in a parking lot and turn the wheel I will hear it as well UNTIL it is at lock and then I can do doughnut turns at low speed all day long with no sound again until I turn the wheel back to center again.

I was thinking it may be this: http://www.motorvate.ca/mvp.php/703 the upper strut bearing...and not the CV Boot, http://www.motorvate.ca/mvp.php/401. I haven't really noticed

But I could be wrong....so checking with the experts...

 

A bad CV boot isn't going to cause anything audible. If the joint is bad you'll get the clicking... while turning at first, then constantly.

Is this sound coming from the front or rear? Driver's or passenger's side?

If the noise seems to be related to the roll of the body or the travel of the suspension, then the likely culprit is something RE: struts, mounts, maybe even brakes.

Is this a clunk you can feel? If so, do you feel it in the steering wheel, your feet or your butt?

Have you looked at the drive axles? Any play?

Can you unload the suspension? Any looseness or rattling at any of the corners?

Have you had the wheels off? Rotors/bearings and calipers tight?

Check things out and let us know...

 

It could also be a sway bar link .... something to keep in mind

 

The clunk I can feel, mainly in my butt, not the steering wheel.

Haven't looked at the axles yet. Rotors and calipers are fine...

Not sure about "unloading the suspension"...not sure what that even means.

 

if you hear a clunk during rotation of the steering wheel its probably the strut mount bering . if you hear a clunking (sometimes sounds like a horse walking) while the wheel is already turned and the car is in motion than its most likely the cv axle (loudest on side your turning away from).

 

"Typically", and I say that with some reservation, sensations (bump, vibration, clunk, etc.) in your seat indicate something amiss in the rear of the car. Check your struts and such back there.

Get the car in the air... one corner at a time if need be... and take the car's weight off the suspension parts (i.e. unload). This way looseness can be found by yanking, pushing and pulling on parts that aren't pinned down by a 4000 lbs chassis.