TonyV2000
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- March 31, 2012
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- City, State
- Northern, New Jersey
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2000 Mercury Mountaineer
For more then a year I’ve been putting up with an annoying and sometimes loud growl or rumble and vibration from what I thought was the front left side of my 2000 Mounty 5.0 AWD. I was absolutely convinced it was a bad wheel hub, and since I have 120k on the truck and no front end work had ever been done I dug in. I replaced both Hubs, CV axles, outer Tie Rod ends, upper and lower ball joints and shocks all around. (5th shock too!) I was very discouraged when I got the truck back on the road only to hear the familiar noise.
So I turned my attention the the front drive shaft. The shaft had no discernible play, the U joint looked to be intact and the boot on the CV was sound but I dropped the shaft anyway and took her for a "2WD" drive. The noise was gone! (I guess I should have done this first!) I popped in a reman Cardone 65-9294 driveshaft and the truck is as good as new! Why is it always the last thing you do that fixes the problem?
Next project, the Heater core......
So I turned my attention the the front drive shaft. The shaft had no discernible play, the U joint looked to be intact and the boot on the CV was sound but I dropped the shaft anyway and took her for a "2WD" drive. The noise was gone! (I guess I should have done this first!) I popped in a reman Cardone 65-9294 driveshaft and the truck is as good as new! Why is it always the last thing you do that fixes the problem?
Next project, the Heater core......