2001 front axle problem
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Trailering
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2001 front axle problem
My '01 super duty sounds like a bad ball joint. I checked the ball joints and they look good. However I found on the drivers side there is what looks like a dust seal that is hanging around the axle. It's hanging both near the axle tube and the hub side. When I jack it up and try to shake the wheel everything feels solid. Any ideas what this is? Should it be replaced ASAP?
Laughing Gas
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It sounds like the outer dust seal on the axle tube. But a pic would help. It should be replaced to keep crud out of the axle tube but it's not critical and wouldn't sound like a bad balljoint. With the truck jacked up take the wheel off and get a good pry bar in there to check the ball joints for play.
If it's more of a rattle you're hearing in the front check your sway bar links and bushing.
If it's more of a rattle you're hearing in the front check your sway bar links and bushing.
Mountain Pass
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Better check the spindle bearings also. Check for excessive play in the shaft by grabbing the u-joint ears and seeing how much the shaft will "wallow" inside the knuckle. On the 01 I just traded off the pass side spindle bearing was bad, caused that seal to fail, then let the shaft droop down until the caps of the u-joints would touch the ball joints, occassionally that hub would grab at hoghway speeds, causing the shaft to turn and some pretty scary sounding noise.
Fleet Mechanic
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Unless your goin muddin up past the axles dont worry about replacing the dust/crud seal until you have to remove the shafts for hub replacement. Just cut them off and go. Common prob. They redesigned them on the 11s I believe. Mine has 60K on it seals intact. The redesign I believe is backwards compatible, in other words should fit the 01
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