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250 hubs
I have a 95 f 250 extended cab with the nice 7.3 in it. I am having a clicking noise coming out of the front end when i put it into 4 wheel drive. It has the 3 screw cover on the auto locking hubs. Correct me if i am wrong but that clicking is coming from the hubs? I know i need to replace them i do believe that is the problem. I looked already and for the 3 screw cap cover they say you have to buy the extra kit right? any help please...
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Does it only click when it's under load? Can you identify which side it's coming from? I'd pop off the lockout and to see if there's metal shavings in there.
My old F150 did the clicking noise after a night of doing some hard offroading. I took it apart and found a ton of metal shavings in the gears. I cleaned the shavings up and regreased and it worked fine ever since.
My old F150 did the clicking noise after a night of doing some hard offroading. I took it apart and found a ton of metal shavings in the gears. I cleaned the shavings up and regreased and it worked fine ever since.
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I have a 95 f 250 extended cab with the nice 7.3 in it. I am having a clicking noise coming out of the front end when i put it into 4 wheel drive. It has the 3 screw cover on the auto locking hubs. Correct me if i am wrong but that clicking is coming from the hubs? I know i need to replace them i do believe that is the problem. I looked already and for the 3 screw cap cover they say you have to buy the extra kit right? any help please...
Is this clicking noise only when it's in 4 wheel drive, or is it really actually happening in 2H too?? Try to re-create the noise and then listen with the windows down (compare what you hear by sitting in the drivers seat and the passenger seat too-- with someone else driving
). Also, you can have someone drive by you as you squat down and listen to the hub as the truck drives by you slowly. I had auto-lock hubs before and I hated them. My guess is your u-joint is starting to disintegrate. I also had the 'clicking' noise and it started about 3 years after we bought the truck new (it was a '95 F-150). The problem ended up being the u-joint. If that's what you find wrong and you happen to change your u-joints, then I would recommend getting manual locking hubs while you have it taken apart anyway.
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Oh, and while I'm thinking about it, shift the transfer case to 2H (or turn off 4x4 if you have an electronic transfer case) and have someone drive it while you look at the front axle shaft. If the shaft (and u-joints) are turning-- on either side, then you have a stuck hub! Front axle shafts should not rotate (on a Ford) when you are in 2H. If they are rotating, then you are putting constant wear on the u-joint and probably also getting lower gas millage too. Another reason to get manual hubs. 
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