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I have recently started hearing/feeling a clunk in the drivers-side front wheel/axle area. (could be passenger-side, but I think it is driver-side). It only happens if the truck has just been started, put in drive, and driven less than 100 yards. It doesn't happen while driving (except as noted earlier) and only happens once in a while. I don't know if I could repeat the clunk, its kind of like shooting craps. Any ideas/suggestions?
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Re: noises
Originally posted by dbalke
I have recently started hearing/feeling a clunk in the drivers-side front wheel/axle area. (could be passenger-side, but I think it is driver-side). It only happens if the truck has just been started, put in drive, and driven less than 100 yards. It doesn't happen while driving (except as noted earlier) and only happens once in a while. I don't know if I could repeat the clunk, its kind of like shooting craps. Any ideas/suggestions?
I have recently started hearing/feeling a clunk in the drivers-side front wheel/axle area. (could be passenger-side, but I think it is driver-side). It only happens if the truck has just been started, put in drive, and driven less than 100 yards. It doesn't happen while driving (except as noted earlier) and only happens once in a while. I don't know if I could repeat the clunk, its kind of like shooting craps. Any ideas/suggestions?
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I know what you mean. Its colder than a witches tit in a brass bra, here.
Its still under waranty, and would be no problem to take it in and get it checked, its just that I can't make the noise happen when I want it to.
Its still under waranty, and would be no problem to take it in and get it checked, its just that I can't make the noise happen when I want it to.
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Does it ONLY happen when the truck has been sitting and is cold? My 03 250SD does it when I first move in the morning, or after my evening shift and it has been very cold.
I think my 2001 F150 used to do the same thing. Temp. thing..
I think my 2001 F150 used to do the same thing. Temp. thing..
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My 2000 f250 cc has the clunking in the passenger side. Very noticeable on rough roads, but only on smaller bumps. I have checked steering links, ball joints, shocks and mounts, spring u-bolts, front axle play,spindle/rotors,swaybar bushings, trans and engine mounts, body mounts, etc. and so on and so on. Can't find a damn thing loose! It is driving me crazy!
There are many posts in many forums about the mysterious clunk. God, I hope somebody saves us all soon. I probably could (but wouldn't want to) live with it if I knew for sure it wasn't something about to fall off and cause a crash.
There are many posts in many forums about the mysterious clunk. God, I hope somebody saves us all soon. I probably could (but wouldn't want to) live with it if I knew for sure it wasn't something about to fall off and cause a crash.
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sometimes it happens when it is warm. usually its when its cold, but sometimes if I park it, shut it off, and come back after a half hour or so, it happens. like I said before, though, it doesn't happen at all if I have been driving for a while, only when I first start off. bumps don't cause it to happen either.
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It is the air vent door under the glove compartment. It operates off of vacum. When the engine is off the vacum presure decreases and allows the door to become partially open or closed. The cluck is the door slamming back closed or open once full vacum is regained when the engine is started.
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