04sd
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- '05 F150, '84 Ranger
I've got a clunk somewhere in the front end I'm trying to find and looking for suggestions. First the truck, it's a '90 Bronco II, about 150K miles on it, about two years ago I had the Radius Arm clunk, I replaced the RA bushings and all was well. I only put about 1K miles a year on this truck. Last fall I installed the complete drivetrain from a '91 Explorer in to my Bronco. This included front axle, springs, steering box & linkage. Ever since then I've had this clunk which happens the first time I hit the brakes after changing forward/reverse direction. So if I pull in the driveway and stop, put it in reverse and get moving and hit the brakes it will clunk as I stop. Go again in reverse and stop, no noise. Go forward, the first time I stop it'll clunk. I think it's gotten worse since fall probably because I plow snow with the truck so it sees a lot of forward/reverse starting and stopping. As stated earlier the RA bushings have maybe 1 or 2 thousand miles on them. I've disconnected the front swaybar, no change. Hubs locked or unlocked, 2 wheel or 4 wheel drive, still does it. Shift to neutral before hitting the brakes, still does it. I pulled the axle pivot bolts out and pulled down the axle beams, bushings are not new but look OK. I replaced all 4 ball joints about a month ago. I tried to tighten the radius arm to axle bolts, 3/4" drive with a pipe, seemed tight. Actually broke a 18" 1/2" drive Craftsman breaker bar making sure one of them was tight. If I stop using the parking brake it does not do it, so it's something with torquing the front back and forth. Front driveshaft slipjoint is nice and smooth and moves easily.
I'm looking for ideas at this point. My next step is to get my brother over this weekend so one of us can lay on the ground next to it to see if we can see or hear something.
I'm looking for ideas at this point. My next step is to get my brother over this weekend so one of us can lay on the ground next to it to see if we can see or hear something.