Road noise 2nd gen. worse than 1rst?

[KLW]

After purchasing my 2000 5.0 AWD Explorer I have been dissappointed with the amount of road noise. I used to work at a dealer and noticed this phenomenon when they were new. I don't get a chance to drive too many 5.0's lately but did drive a 99 Ranger 2wd and it didn't exhibit any road noise. If seems as if every change in road construction transmitts the noise to the interior. I wonder if the 4x4 explorer uses stiffer body mounts to give the vehicle more stiffness? Just looked under a 4x4 F150 and it looked like the body mounts were more "squished".

 

[explrths]

what type os tires are you using. Hve you had the camber checked. Yes it can be adjusted to a point. I had a "loud" wheel on my driver side. My camber was actually pushed to far out and i was riding on my outer tread which caused the loud noise. Also if teh ball joints are bad, for whatever reason, it can cause some noise, and wobble, just a thought

 

[KLW]

The tires are BF Goodrich Long Trails that are less than 5k and fairly even wear. I rotated them when I did the ball joints. I replaceed the left lower ball joint and upper control arm. Right side ball joints are ok. Camber is right in spec (-.5 degrees left side and -.75 on the right).