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    slow windows

    Is there anyway to spray something on the windows to help them go down easier?on my dads 97 limited the windows are slow rolling down until about half way then they pick up, they go up fine. Also when its raining the work perfectly. thanks.
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    metal rubbing sound in left front

    well it wasn't the differential making the noise so we were left with transfer case or the cv joint on the front driveshaft, so we replace the cv joint on the shaft and haven't had a problem since, so if this helps anyone in the future, a new cv joint is a lot cheaper than a junkyard or rebuilt...
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    clicking/ rubbing noise

    well it wasn't the differential making the noise so we were left with transfer case or the cv joint on the front driveshaft, so we replace the cv joint on the shaft and haven't had a problem since, so if this helps anyone in the future, a new cv joint is a lot cheaper than a junkyard or rebuilt...
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    codes P0171 and P0174

    yea the funny thing about the check engine light only comes on when like now when it gets down in the 30s-40s early in the morning, when i drove the truck this weekend during the day between 50-65 degrees i still had some rough idle, but no engine light.
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    codes P0171 and P0174

    i have a 99 explorer xlt 4.0 SOHC with 145000 miles on it. I have a rough idle on initial start that gets worse the colder it gets (dose it a little in summer but winter time its horrible) I have had this truck for 3 years and this problem has slowly gotten worse to now its pulling up these...
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    clicking/ rubbing noise

    We found out its the front differential!!!! How can I tell if it has a Dana/Spicer 35 Axle or not, I'm trying to buy a rebuild kit for the front differential.
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    metal rubbing sound in left front

    We found out its the front differential!!!! How can I tell if it has a Dana/Spicer 35 Axle or not, I'm trying to buy a rebuild kit for the front differential.
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    radiator compatability

    we tried that on my dads 97 limited V8 5.0, the SOHC V6's 4.0 radiators are a different size and don't fit.
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    metal rubbing sound in left front

    these are not my videos but this is what it sounds like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS6gdwNGyoU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vboTBpHWHKM but is sounds like that in left front. the fluid in the differential is good to.
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    clicking/ rubbing noise

    yes when we replaced the axle shaft it had new cy joints. these are not my videos but this is what it sounds like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS6gdwNGyoU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vboTBpHWHKM but is sounds like that in left front.
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    metal rubbing sound in left front

    now after driving home from shop after a severly clicking rubbing noise and vibration in wheel, it has stopped making that noise and it making a faint brake whining, squeeking sound constaintly.
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    clicking/ rubbing noise

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- my dad has a 97 explorer limited 5.0 V8 with a metal rubbing/ clicking noise in the left front wheel. You can drive for a couple of miles before the noise starts, does it turning the wheel, going forward...
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    metal rubbing sound in left front

    we replaced the left front axle, no good still does it. Told it could possibly be the differential? ill try to post a video but no sure i can.
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    metal rubbing sound in left front

    ok will check, the sound is hard to describe, I guess its more like a card in a bicycle wheel, but its metal on metal.
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    metal rubbing sound in left front

    no play in wheel when on the test, the wheel bearing was replaced when the new wheel hub was put on and that was less than 6 months ago.
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    metal rubbing sound in left front

    my dad has a 97 explorer limited 5.0 V8 with a metal rubbing noise in the left front wheel. You can drive for a couple of miles before the noise starts, does it turning the wheel, going forward, backward etc. When the truck is on the lift at the shop and you run the wheels with no weight on them...
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