A Ford tech's take on "THE CLUNK" (THE ONE and ONLY CLUNK THREAD)
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Truck Wolf
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I had brought my 2011 in for the clunk but they refused to do anything to it. I think this relates to the lack of a TSB while Ford comes up with a fix as mentioned. I was pissed at the time but if I eventually get a permanent fix out of it, I guess that would be better. I left the dealer with them telling me they would be in touch!
Same thing happened to me. I brought mine in for its second slip yoke lube and they refused to do it, said something about Ford finding a more permanent fix. Sounds like good news to me. Guess we'll have to wait and see!
MXrider38
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Thank you!! That is moderating, not you banned because you said something sucks or is ugly.
Btw I had the clunk too. I bought the ford grease and did it myself. Gone for now. Waiting for the fix.
Truck Wolf
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What's that? I can't hear you over all this clunking!!!
ShiftyCapone
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I can hear like a double squeak sound that I can't really describe during both take offs. Is it squeaky inside the cab, or is it more of the "clunky" sound used to describe the problem? And can you actually feel it?
that could be the leaf springs creaking. i had that problem and just grease the contact pads as needed.
iceman302
Full Throttle OG
That is correct. Ford is no longer paying to have the slip yoke lubed over and over again.
JP7
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When it happens - you will not have any doubt. The squeak goes away with grease but the clunk can be felt in the gas pedal.
Mine hasn't done it in the past week, but has done it since the grease job.
It's a slight engine rev when taking off from a stopped or really slow rolling start - engine revs a bit then it clunks into gear. It's audible as a clunk - but caused me to be pretty cautious in taking off for a while.
The inconsistency is disturbing - which is probably why Ford is taking their time with this fix. Happens in cold or hot temperatures, and it'***** me when the truck is cold, or after a 4 hour cruise. Downtown I can get it on one stop sign, then have 3 more stop signs before it hits again.
Starting to wonder if it isn't tranny related...
ShiftyCapone
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When it happens - you will not have any doubt. The squeak goes away with grease but the clunk can be felt in the gas pedal.
Mine hasn't done it in the past week, but has done it since the grease job.
It's a slight engine rev when taking off from a stopped or really slow rolling start - engine revs a bit then it clunks into gear. It's audible as a clunk - but caused me to be pretty cautious in taking off for a while.
The inconsistency is disturbing - which is probably why Ford is taking their time with this fix. Happens in cold or hot temperatures, and it'***** me when the truck is cold, or after a 4 hour cruise. Downtown I can get it on one stop sign, then have 3 more stop signs before it hits again.
Starting to wonder if it isn't tranny related...
My truck has been doing something similar since installing SW headers and exhaust with SCT tuner (custom tune). When I punch it from a dead stop (or even decently slow roll ie, < 35mph) it'll start to go and then just buries itself into the rev limiter. It's been so cold, wet, and/or snowy since I got it back, I kinda figured it was a traction issue and it was just breaking loose and not hooking up. I was gonna wait til it warmed up to further diagnose the issue. But i'm starting to wonder if this might be a similar issue?
Note - I never had this issue prior to the exhaust and tune though. WOT was fine all day long. Looks like I might have to take it back to my tune guy....
My truck has been doing something similar since installing SW headers and exhaust with SCT tuner (custom tune). When I punch it from a dead stop (or even decently slow roll ie, < 35mph) it'll start to go and then just buries itself into the rev limiter. It's been so cold, wet, and/or snowy since I got it back, I kinda figured it was a traction issue and it was just breaking loose and not hooking up. I was gonna wait til it warmed up to further diagnose the issue. But i'm starting to wonder if this might be a similar issue?
Note - I never had this issue prior to the exhaust and tune though. WOT was fine all day long. Looks like I might have to take it back to my tune guy....
definitely take it to your tune guy. my truck was doing that too. would nail the rev limiter before shifting.
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