66fordman
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- 1997 Explorer XLT SOHC
Hello, A friend recommended this site for all things Explorer.
My Son just bought His first car(truck) 1997 Explorer XLT 4.0 SOHC,4wd
Truck runs well,124k, body and frame straight. I saw it was a 4.0 but I didn't realize Ford had a SOHC version of the 4.0< Heard some horor stories about timing chains and guides..more on that in My next posting..
Problem is a noise from th front end,driving straight or on turns..I jacke up front end and manually turned each wheel and heard (and felt) a clicking noise..All the cv joints ar good..seems like it is coming from front diff..before I take it apart,has anyone experencied any problems with this type of noise??
Thanks for reading, John
My Son just bought His first car(truck) 1997 Explorer XLT 4.0 SOHC,4wd
Truck runs well,124k, body and frame straight. I saw it was a 4.0 but I didn't realize Ford had a SOHC version of the 4.0< Heard some horor stories about timing chains and guides..more on that in My next posting..
Problem is a noise from th front end,driving straight or on turns..I jacke up front end and manually turned each wheel and heard (and felt) a clicking noise..All the cv joints ar good..seems like it is coming from front diff..before I take it apart,has anyone experencied any problems with this type of noise??
Thanks for reading, John
