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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 06:41 PM
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Squeeking/grinding noise

Just the past couple days my f150 started making a strange squeaking noise. It only does it under decelleration. I can hear it through the gap where the bed meets the cab. It almost sounds like a drill bit going throught metal, if that helps at all. Could it be u-joints, or is it clutch related?
 
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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 06:59 PM
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Just the past couple days my f150 started making a strange squeaking noise. It only does it under decelleration. I can hear it through the gap where the bed meets the cab. It almost sounds like a drill bit going throught metal, if that helps at all. Could it be u-joints, or is it clutch related?
Last (and first) time my u-joints went out it sounded very subtle to me, it sounded like there was some metal rolling around inside my drive shaft. I thought a bering was going out in the transfer case.

The last grinding noise I heard was my power steering pump. Was out of fluid due to a leak.

Maybe that will help.

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Old Sep 9, 2005 | 07:10 PM
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Squeaking/grinding is a U-joint 99.9% of the time. Easy to check, and easy to replace, too.
 
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