scapino
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- 2005 XLT 4x4
Hi All:
Question - on my 05 Sport Trac with 195k miles; I just finished a 750 mile road trip. Everything was fine; arrived at my destination and parked it for two days. Today I started it up and put it in 4-wheel drive to get up a hill (on a dirt road). I don't use 4wd often. After about a half mile (going only 20 or 30mph) I started hearing a god-awful noise from the front right (passenger) wheel. At first I thought I had a tree branch or something stuck in there. Pulled over and everything looks fine underneath. Took it out of 4-wheel drive and it's still making the noise - binding and pulling hard to the right (pulling hard while only doing 15 or 20mph). At one point I was facing downhill thinking I would coast down - but what ever is binding was preventing me for going forward; I had to give it gas to go down hill. Backing in reverse seemed better; but then a quarter mile in reverse it started binding again.
The best way I can describe it; it's like when you are in 4-wheel drive and turning sharp on dry pavement; the wheel will (not sure the technical term) kinda bind and slip. But it's doing the same going straight on a muddy dirt road - and it's not even in 4-wheel drive any more. Plus the screeching noise. My best guess is that the right wheel is half stuck in 4-wheel drive (not sure if thats even possible)...
So I guess my question is this - I'm about 50 miles from the nearest service station (and 10 miles from the nearest paved road) - do I drive this beast out of here or wait for my brother to show up and tow it the 750 miles back home to my local mechanic?
Little background info - I replaced both front wheel hubs around 5yrs ago at 110k miles; and just had a transfer case service (coz it was leaking) a year ago at around 185k miles. The front differential was changed (again coz leaking) about 3yrs ago. And not that this matters; but I just put new pads, rotors, and calipers last month... Tires are good, only a year old.
I'll pull the tire off tomorrow for a better look - but I don't have any tools up here so not much good it will do.
Thoughts?
Question - on my 05 Sport Trac with 195k miles; I just finished a 750 mile road trip. Everything was fine; arrived at my destination and parked it for two days. Today I started it up and put it in 4-wheel drive to get up a hill (on a dirt road). I don't use 4wd often. After about a half mile (going only 20 or 30mph) I started hearing a god-awful noise from the front right (passenger) wheel. At first I thought I had a tree branch or something stuck in there. Pulled over and everything looks fine underneath. Took it out of 4-wheel drive and it's still making the noise - binding and pulling hard to the right (pulling hard while only doing 15 or 20mph). At one point I was facing downhill thinking I would coast down - but what ever is binding was preventing me for going forward; I had to give it gas to go down hill. Backing in reverse seemed better; but then a quarter mile in reverse it started binding again.
The best way I can describe it; it's like when you are in 4-wheel drive and turning sharp on dry pavement; the wheel will (not sure the technical term) kinda bind and slip. But it's doing the same going straight on a muddy dirt road - and it's not even in 4-wheel drive any more. Plus the screeching noise. My best guess is that the right wheel is half stuck in 4-wheel drive (not sure if thats even possible)...
So I guess my question is this - I'm about 50 miles from the nearest service station (and 10 miles from the nearest paved road) - do I drive this beast out of here or wait for my brother to show up and tow it the 750 miles back home to my local mechanic?
Little background info - I replaced both front wheel hubs around 5yrs ago at 110k miles; and just had a transfer case service (coz it was leaking) a year ago at around 185k miles. The front differential was changed (again coz leaking) about 3yrs ago. And not that this matters; but I just put new pads, rotors, and calipers last month... Tires are good, only a year old.
I'll pull the tire off tomorrow for a better look - but I don't have any tools up here so not much good it will do.
Thoughts?