I'm gonna put my money on the unit bearing. Or at least hope it's that over the by. I will follow up on it tonight when it's all said and done after following the check from planmans video

 

look it all over w/ friend moving the steering wheel and stabilizer shock dropped

 

Update: looked it over after installing the sPOD and running power cables for a future product we jacked up the jeep and looked at all the components. I'm getting a little bit of a push from the ujoint on the passenger side and all ball joints have some minor play. I have 65k miles on 35's and when I wheel I wheel hard so it makes sense. also reseated the spring which helped.

now im going to get some synergy ball joints to replace and just pick up another u joint from autozone. 215 all together before install but well worth it since its my DD!