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Apr 20, 2019 | 08:43 PM

brinson

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Bumping in front end

2015 f450 4x4 with 40k miles. I have a slight bumping in the front when traveling slowly on gravel or bumpy roads. I can feel it slightly in the steering and can hear it. Truck drives fine. I changed all shocks to bilsteins with no change. Can steering stabilizer cause this? Truck is not lifted and has stock size tires.

Apr 20, 2019 | 08:53 PM

jav_eee

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Your best bet is to get underneath it, grab each component and give it a good shake.

Also, do you have a tow hitch in the receiver?

Apr 20, 2019 | 08:55 PM

UP_There

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It drives fine? That sounds like possibly the bearings are shot, or even ball-joints are done for. I would guess bearings first though, since it drives fine.

Apr 20, 2019 | 08:57 PM

brinson

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I have tried to shake the components in the front end with no luck but, I will get a bar and try again. I do not have a draw bar in the hitch. Thanks

Apr 20, 2019 | 08:59 PM

brinson

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Drives great. It's really light but the noise appeared pretty quickly. From no front end noise to the bumping.

Apr 21, 2019 | 04:35 AM

2011350diesel

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Had A new 2012 f-150 that had that suspicious sound, only when it got cold..say below 30.Was really annoying. Ended up being the steering rack.Was replaced under warranty.
You could feel it coming through the steering wheel.Had it at the dealer ship countless times. Each time they would tell me it was something different with the front end. Truck had 20,000 miles.I now have 2011 f-350, no problems, but when I was researching my f-150 I saw that the superdutys were having this same problem.
You can go to F-150 Forum and there's countless pages on this.