dghpts
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- 97 eddie bauer
I am going crazy trying to find the three front differential mounting bushings for my 97 explorer V8 AWD.
The front end knocks pretty loudly every time she shifts down to pass.
One good thunk, also when I take her on trails she sounds like the front end is going to fall out.
The front drive shaft was making noise, so I replaced the CV joint on the front drive shaft, quieted things a lot before I took her camping.
Some noise from the axle CVs, will be replacing them.
But I noticed the bushing on the driver side, the vertical one you can see easily from under the truck is badly worn and I was able to tighten it a couple of turns, made things much less noisy under there. But since it needs to be replaced, I figured do them all.
I checked with Oreilly, Autozone, Pep Boys, NAPA, they all say dealer.
I searched here and found a thread where the dealer said they weren't being made any longer. Is this true?
Don't want to go with super stiff bushings I want to get as close to factory as I can, she takes me camping occasionally, but mostly runs on road, so I want to keep ride good and noise down.
Does anyone have a good source for these?
The front end knocks pretty loudly every time she shifts down to pass.
One good thunk, also when I take her on trails she sounds like the front end is going to fall out.
The front drive shaft was making noise, so I replaced the CV joint on the front drive shaft, quieted things a lot before I took her camping.
Some noise from the axle CVs, will be replacing them.
But I noticed the bushing on the driver side, the vertical one you can see easily from under the truck is badly worn and I was able to tighten it a couple of turns, made things much less noisy under there. But since it needs to be replaced, I figured do them all.
I checked with Oreilly, Autozone, Pep Boys, NAPA, they all say dealer.
I searched here and found a thread where the dealer said they weren't being made any longer. Is this true?
Don't want to go with super stiff bushings I want to get as close to factory as I can, she takes me camping occasionally, but mostly runs on road, so I want to keep ride good and noise down.
Does anyone have a good source for these?
