aarontx
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- '97 AWD 5.0L Explorer
Hello everyone, I just purchased a '97 AWD 5.0L Explorer as a vehicle to tow my boat with. I was wondering if anyone could know what could be going on with this problem I am having.
I did a search and found a thread with simular problems, but symptoms were not exactly the same. Here goes:
When driving, usually from less than 30 mph to a stop, there is an audible popping and clucking noise inside and outside the truck. I can also feel it in the floorboard. It does not do this for about the first 5-10 minutes if the truck has sat overnight.
Also when taking off from a stop it is bad. Turning or straight it is just as bad. It clunks and pops badly when going 10mph or less or just coasting around 10 mph it is bad. When stopping it also starts when it is about 20mph all the way to when it stops. If you have the radio turned on it is barely noticable, but it still concerns me. When cruising at 60mph I cannot notice any noise.
I purchased this vechile with the knowledge of the problem, and the previous owner told me he had taken it to the ford dealership and told him it was the front drive shaft and boots. He replaced both of those items himself a few months ago, and it did not fix the problem. He has since purchased a new car and just wanted to sell this one since he could not figure out the problem.
I just changed the oil in the transfer case today as it was black, and put fresh merc atf fluid in. It did not seem to make a difference.
Does anyone have a link to a good rebuild kit for the transfer case? He did say the chain has never been changed, could that be the only part I would need? Any special tools needed to rebuild the case myself?
If anyone could post some suggestions I would really be happy. Thanks in advance for the help everyone!
-Aaron
I did a search and found a thread with simular problems, but symptoms were not exactly the same. Here goes:
When driving, usually from less than 30 mph to a stop, there is an audible popping and clucking noise inside and outside the truck. I can also feel it in the floorboard. It does not do this for about the first 5-10 minutes if the truck has sat overnight.
Also when taking off from a stop it is bad. Turning or straight it is just as bad. It clunks and pops badly when going 10mph or less or just coasting around 10 mph it is bad. When stopping it also starts when it is about 20mph all the way to when it stops. If you have the radio turned on it is barely noticable, but it still concerns me. When cruising at 60mph I cannot notice any noise.
I purchased this vechile with the knowledge of the problem, and the previous owner told me he had taken it to the ford dealership and told him it was the front drive shaft and boots. He replaced both of those items himself a few months ago, and it did not fix the problem. He has since purchased a new car and just wanted to sell this one since he could not figure out the problem.
I just changed the oil in the transfer case today as it was black, and put fresh merc atf fluid in. It did not seem to make a difference.
Does anyone have a link to a good rebuild kit for the transfer case? He did say the chain has never been changed, could that be the only part I would need? Any special tools needed to rebuild the case myself?
If anyone could post some suggestions I would really be happy. Thanks in advance for the help everyone!
-Aaron