firerescue1201
SDD Junior Member
ive checked and replaced springs,shocks <bilsteins>, balljoints,control arm bushings,steering stabilizer, and have gone over everything else and cant figure it out
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KRISTOLSON
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shane, welcome to sdd. can you tell us more about the noise? how loud, what it sounds like it, when does it do it? etc.... you described it as a rattle....Do you have rocks in your hubcaps?
KRISTOLSON
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also, I bought my truck right down near you. I got it at sherman dodge in skokie.
firerescue1201
SDD Junior Member
lol nope no rocks funny though,
no actually it sounds like bad ball joints you hear on every bump like its fallin apart
no actually it sounds like bad ball joints you hear on every bump like its fallin apart
KRISTOLSON
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Here's a couple more things to check...
Linkages on the end of the sway bar. Sometimes they can be broken and still sit together, and not look broken. This used to happen all the time on older ford trucks, explorers, etc..
when you put new springs in, did you put new bushings in? check that and the shackle on the rear for wear.
Check the pitman arm on your steering box, it could be loose on the shaft
kingpins worn? with the front end off the ground do the wheels have any play?
the track bar on mine has an adjustment on it that had a little play that would clunk while steering or when I hit a bump. I loosened up the allen bolts and turned it 1/4 turn and that seemed to take care of it. also, the end that bolts to the frame bracket has a very sloppy bolt to hole clearance from the factory, so I tightened the crap out of it, and that silenced my front end.
my dad has an 04 250 gasser and he has all kinds of wierd rattles in it. Most of them are actually broken spot welds on heat shields and it drives me crazy... he doesn't even hear them...
Linkages on the end of the sway bar. Sometimes they can be broken and still sit together, and not look broken. This used to happen all the time on older ford trucks, explorers, etc..
when you put new springs in, did you put new bushings in? check that and the shackle on the rear for wear.
Check the pitman arm on your steering box, it could be loose on the shaft
kingpins worn? with the front end off the ground do the wheels have any play?
the track bar on mine has an adjustment on it that had a little play that would clunk while steering or when I hit a bump. I loosened up the allen bolts and turned it 1/4 turn and that seemed to take care of it. also, the end that bolts to the frame bracket has a very sloppy bolt to hole clearance from the factory, so I tightened the crap out of it, and that silenced my front end.
my dad has an 04 250 gasser and he has all kinds of wierd rattles in it. Most of them are actually broken spot welds on heat shields and it drives me crazy... he doesn't even hear them...
clintusaf
Clint
What does the pitman arm look like? I have a bar at an angle on the front end that I can rock back and forth.
