whitebread
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- December 22, 2017
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- City, State
- Gibsonville, NC
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1998 Explorer xlt
need your help everyone, my 98 xlt is about to drive me crazy....
basics: 98 4.0 sohc 4x4, torsion front springs. this sat for the better part of 2 years when I picked it up, and don't know it's history, other than the trans was rebuilt a few hundred miles ago...
issue: I've put around 250 miles on it, and have had a couple noises coming from what sounds like the d/s front wheel, and I did a couple searches to lead me to eliminating one noise by chucking the wranglers that were on it. the other noise is almost like a grinding similar to metal-to-metal brake pads... I started by replacing the hub, and cleaning the rust and glaze on the rotors and pads with a dressing wheel, noise still there... today I replaced the pads entirely, noise still there... checked the front diff, and was pretty low on fluid, but not dry. Filled diff, noise still there.
the noise starts almost immediately after takeoff, and can't notice it after 45 mph. braking doesn't change the sound, and putting it in 4wd might change a little, (or could be my imagination). I can feel a tiny thumping from time to time in the floorboard, but can't say if that's just road feel or not...
I've never come across this kind of noise in a cv axle before, but am open to suggestions/opinions on what this could be, or if I'm on the right track.
Thanks in advance,
Darin
basics: 98 4.0 sohc 4x4, torsion front springs. this sat for the better part of 2 years when I picked it up, and don't know it's history, other than the trans was rebuilt a few hundred miles ago...
issue: I've put around 250 miles on it, and have had a couple noises coming from what sounds like the d/s front wheel, and I did a couple searches to lead me to eliminating one noise by chucking the wranglers that were on it. the other noise is almost like a grinding similar to metal-to-metal brake pads... I started by replacing the hub, and cleaning the rust and glaze on the rotors and pads with a dressing wheel, noise still there... today I replaced the pads entirely, noise still there... checked the front diff, and was pretty low on fluid, but not dry. Filled diff, noise still there.
the noise starts almost immediately after takeoff, and can't notice it after 45 mph. braking doesn't change the sound, and putting it in 4wd might change a little, (or could be my imagination). I can feel a tiny thumping from time to time in the floorboard, but can't say if that's just road feel or not...
I've never come across this kind of noise in a cv axle before, but am open to suggestions/opinions on what this could be, or if I'm on the right track.
Thanks in advance,
Darin