Front end clunk

[jdubub]

Sounds exactly like what I have going on. What shocks are on it right now ?

Factory Fox are on now.




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http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f5/ford-techs-take-clunk-one-only-clunk-thread-1482/

I wish this was the noise I had to deal with. Mine is definitely more. Ford tech admitted it's not that noise. But didn't know what it was. This was before I crawled under and realized there was a lot of play around the lower shock mount bushing and that pretty blue bolt.




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[Ratpatator]

Factory Fox are on now.




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I wish this was the noise I had to deal with. Mine is definitely more. Ford tech admitted it's not that noise. But didn't know what it was. This was before I crawled under and realized there was a lot of play around the lower shock mount bushing and that pretty blue bolt.




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I agree I wish this was it seems to be an easy fix but I agree it's not this. Only diff between mine and yours is I have 3.0s and I can't see any movement around the shock bolt.

 

[jdubub]

I agree I wish this was it seems to be an easy fix but I agree it's not this. Only diff between mine and yours is I have 3.0s and I can't see any movement around the shock bolt.

Well crap. There went my theory. We had a warmer day here in Dallas yesterday and today. The noise was very very faint. Way worse when cold.


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[jdubub]

I agree I wish this was it seems to be an easy fix but I agree it's not this. Only diff between mine and yours is I have 3.0s and I can't see any movement around the shock bolt.

Can you confirm for me that you lifted the front of the truck so the tires are off of the ground, then used a pry bar to check for movement? That's when I get a decent amount of wiggle. More on the passenger than the driver. I pry between the bottom of the shock and the control arm and it wiggles up and down.


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[Ratpatator]

Can you confirm for me that you lifted the front of the truck so the tires are off of the ground, then used a pry bar to check for movement? That's when I get a decent amount of wiggle. More on the passenger than the driver. I pry between the bottom of the shock and the control arm and it wiggles up and down.


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I didn't see any movement in the lower shock bolt even with it off the ground the 3.0s have less contact area around the lower shock bolt hole on the shock and I can see down into the inside of the aluminum ears on the LCA and I can't see any rub/wear marks or gouging around the spacer. I tried to take a video with my gopro of the LCA bushings and shock mount can't see anything happening with the shock mount probably because of the location of the camera but there is a lot of movement in the LCA bushings. I can't load the video from my phone so I'll have to wait until I get to a computer to load it.

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Lowered my tire pressure. Clunk is much improved.

I'm running 42 psi in my grabbers what did you lower yours to ?

 

[jdubub]

I didn't see any movement in the lower shock bolt even with it off the ground the 3.0s have less contact area around the lower shock bolt hole on the shock and I can see down into the inside of the aluminum ears on the LCA and I can't see any rub/wear marks or gouging around the spacer. I tried to take a video with my gopro of the LCA bushings and shock mount can't see anything happening with the shock mount probably because of the location of the camera but there is a lot of movement in the LCA bushings. I can't load the video from my phone so I'll have to wait until I get to a computer to load it.

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I'm running 42 psi in my grabbers what did you lower yours to ?

Cool. I would like to see the video. I need to strap one of my go pros up to mine.




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[Ratpatator]

So for some reason I can't get any of my videos to upload. The bushing have a lot of horizontal movement forward and backwards is this the way they are designed?

 

[jdubub]

So for some reason I can't get any of my videos to upload. The bushing have a lot of horizontal movement forward and backwards is this the way they are designed?

I "believe" so, but I'm not expert with control arms. They are supposed to have a bit of lateral/horizontal movement from I have always heard.

 

[Hasty]

I have the front end clunk with the OEM Fox's, had the lower control arm bolts torqued, didn't help. The noise is definitely worse when warm. I think I finally have it isolated to something in the steering. From combing through a lot of threads I think it will end up being the intermediate shaft. When the truck is off if I rock the steering back and forth I can hear the clunk clearly.


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[jdubub]

I have the front end clunk with the OEM Fox's, had the lower control arm bolts torqued, didn't help. The noise is definitely worse when warm. I think I finally have it isolated to something in the steering. From combing through a lot of threads I think it will end up being the intermediate shaft. When the truck is off if I rock the steering back and forth I can hear the clunk clearly.


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Hmmmmmm. I assume that you cannot feel it in the steering?