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04 Explorer noise at 66 m.p.h. db04--A new drive shaft was installed about 13,000 miles ago but the problem came back fairly soon. The final fix was to balance ( add weight ) to the existing drive shaft. It's been doing well for about 5000 miles now. Hope this is useful to you.

JP450 ---you were right on target with the Drive Shaft theory. Strangely enough Ford installed a new Ring & Pinion gear set about 13,000 miles ago and a new drive shaft 7,000 miles ago. However, after 6 hours of shop time at the Ford Service they brought in a "FSE" Ford Engineer with a multi...

The tires have about 80% of thread life still left. There is no sign of cupping or abnormal wear. I had them balanced and rotated about 10 days ago at the local chain tire store. I questioned or wanted to double check that option and had them re-checked and RF balanced 2 days ago Monday. On...

Gino Thanks for the reply. Mine doesn't get either better or worse when I turn the steering wheel either direction. I wonder if slightly turning the steering wheel at that road speed puts more of a load on certain bearings being either wheel bearings or bearings inside the rear differential and...

Thanks for moving my request to the proper location. I'm brand new and definitely learning. The noise I'm hearing has no grinding sound, it only starts at 62 MPH or faster, turning the steering wheel to the left or right and putting a load on the wheel bearings does not change or affect the...

Hello, I'm a first time writer. I have a 2004 Explorer 4x4 with V-6. Everything is as it came from factory stock. Just rolled over 99,800 miles on it with a 100,000 mile power train Ford warranty. I have a driveline road noise that comes at 62 MPH and gets its worst at 66-68 MPH. It's more of...