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Currently my brother is looking at a 2009 Chevrolet 2500hd 6.0L with 70,000 miles on it, i am in the process of helping him and the other day i took the truck to a friends shop and we spent about an hour going over the entire truck and it is extremely clean barley any surface rust everything is Immaculate underneath, no fluids anywhere and the front end is tight. It however was plowed with. We were able to contact the owner of the truck and asked one why he traded it in and to what extent he plowed, he only traded it in because he wanted a diesel and he also only plowed his driveway with it, which is very believable. A extra perk to is the guy had dual batteries installed. Now here is the only problem, and i am curious if you guys have ever heard of this happening, when i test drove it i went into a dirt/mud parking lot and put it 4 wheel drive and made some turns and pulls and what not to check to make sure it was all good, when i did this there was clicking my thought was cv shafts. So i told the dealer to check it out and there tech just got back to me and said on the driverside, cvshaft/hub there is a lateral support bracket that has developed hairline cracks in the factory welds, and when the torques transfers through this is causing a clicking noise. i am waiting for pictures from the dealer and will post when i get them, but i am concerned this maybe a potential for disaster, i also have no idea what bracket they are talking about. Any help is good help, the previous also stated that he had the oil pan resealed and transmission lines replaced why idk but everything is fine underneath with no leaks so i am not really concerned about those. Thank you very much