I tried searching.. Another name that sound thread

[FriscoSoxFan]

I've tried for over an hour searching.

Bankston Ford in Frisco TX (Highly not recommended) could not "reproduce the problem" and when I asked if they put it on the rack, they blinked and looked at me like I was a crazy man.

Here's what we are experiencing...

At high speeds (> 45 MPH) on tight right turns that incline uphill we get a squeal/whine from the driver's side front tire. If you live in the North Dallas area, this only happens to us on the southbound Tollway to eastbound 635 cloverleaf as well as westbound 635 to northbound tollway.

We only experience this problem under the above mentioned very specific conditions. Actually, only on these partcular cloverleafs. On flat cloverleafs or downward sloping ones, we can't reproduce the issue. Unfortunately, I can't get a repair person to be willing to get in the car with me for him to listen while I reproduce.

When my wife first described it over the phone, I said it was her tires squaling and she should stop driving the explorer like it was her old mustang.

Anyway, I was driving the explorer and experienced the same. However, I noticed that as it is making the sound, if you apply the brakes it turns more into a clunking grind and you get vibration and pushback on the brake pedal.

That made me think it might be the brakes. Since we were due anyway, I had a 4 wheel job done at Just Brakes. They said the calipers needed rebuiding. Because of the sound and the need for brakes anyway, i didn't object.

Of course, we still are having the problem. A rotate and balance didn't help either.

It has gotten a bit better, but I think it is because we are aware of the driving conditions that make it come out and drive a little more sanely in those situations.

I'm not concerned as it doesn't seem to be a safety issue. However, it seems like one of those things that if I can get it fixed now then it is a simple repair, but if I wait for it to get worse, the repair becomes huge.

Any ideas?

 

[IZwack]

if you apply the brakes it turns more into a clunking grind and you get vibration and pushback on the brake pedal.

Perhaps a warped rotor

 

[FriscoSoxFan]

Perhaps a warped rotor

Could be, but the Just Brakes brake job included machining the rotors.

However, since I didn't do the job myself, there's definitely the possibility that this didn't get done.

 

[Tygershark76]

Tire squeel from the particular asphalt is what I would agree with. If the clunking only happens under brake load and turning at the same time it is more than likely the ABS trying to kick in since it is under the belief that there is slipping (crappy surface). The only other three answers that it could be when associated with the sound would be tie rods, CV joints, or even possibly the steering knuckle/box (my friend had this problem on his '90 Trans Am).