A Ford tech's take on "THE CLUNK" (THE ONE and ONLY CLUNK THREAD)

[Huck]

Transfer case, welcome to the clunk


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[LFtrip]

Yeah, apparently its normal. I only have 8,000 miles on mine and a new truck should not make those sounds, especially a $50,000 truck. ****** me off but what can you do.

 

[jackrook]

Yeah, apparently its normal. I only have 8,000 miles on mine and a new truck should not make those sounds, especially a $50,000 truck. ****** me off but what can you do.

I had the dreaded "Raptor Clunk" until about 10,000 miles. Coincidently, it went away once I started off roading a lot.

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Not to mention I bashed in my cross member and transfer case and had to have Raptor Addict fix them for me LOL

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[LFtrip]

So you're saying I have to start off roading this street queen? Lol

 

[jackrook]

So you're saying I have to start off roading this street queen? Lol

I'm just saying that 1)off roading increased 2) new transfer case

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[LFtrip]

Well I will admit, my off roading needs to increase.

 

[LFtrip]

Did any of your raptors pop while going uphill in reverse? I get 3 distinct pops when I reverse uphill.

 

[Huck]

Same clunk. Get it everytime backing into my driver, about a 10 degree slope


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[LFtrip]

Getting a pop in the front end

That's it.... Oh well, as long as it's not hurting anything. I need to start getting with more raptor owners. This truck makes sounds I'm just not familiar with. When I hit bumps at moderate speeds I hear a clunk in the rear. Do our shocks make that noise?

 

[Huck]

Getting a pop in the front end

Yup it's the transfer case. The amount of slop allowed is ridiculous. Was swapping out leafs this weekend and got a good 15 degrees or slop on the drive shaft. Ford says it's normal.

As for the clunk, yes. The stock shocks will clunk and make noise due to the internal bypass. You can read it in the raptor supplement owners manual. If you get external bypass shocks they click everytime you hit a bump or crack


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