Driveshaft clunk.. which grease?
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Driveshaft clunk.. which grease?
I have two types of grease and my disposal, synthetic grease for wheel bearings or the regular synthetic moly grease. Which would be better? In my mind the grease for wheel bearings would hold up longer. This is on a 06 Ranger with only 5k on the odometer. They should of put a spring or something in there to prevent this from happening imo.
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IMO, either grease you mentioned will work fine and last just as long as the other one. Count on having to re-grease it at some point, probably another 10K or so.
FWIW, Ford now recommends a different grease, something called "Molykote EM-D110", which I've had on mine for about 8K or so. Right now I can say "so far so good", but even when I used other greases (Teflon-based, Valvoline Syn, etc.) I've gotten about 10-12 K out of them before the slip yoke needed another re-greasing. So the jury is still out on this Molykote stuff.
See: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/2...ubricants.html
FWIW, Ford now recommends a different grease, something called "Molykote EM-D110", which I've had on mine for about 8K or so. Right now I can say "so far so good", but even when I used other greases (Teflon-based, Valvoline Syn, etc.) I've gotten about 10-12 K out of them before the slip yoke needed another re-greasing. So the jury is still out on this Molykote stuff.
See: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/2...ubricants.html
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Oh what fun every 10k? It doesn't seem to difficult but seeing that I would like to keep this truck for at least 10 years it sounds like i'm going to get good at it. I wonder if I took it to the dealer and complained if they use that new grease on it?
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Originally Posted by ericsmith32
I wonder if I took it to the dealer and complained if they use that new grease on it?
Are you sure it's the slipe yoke?
The point is that you have an '05 under warranty that has some sort of clunk in the driveline. That's not normal. Bring it in for service.
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I'm not for sure if that's what it is. I was hoping it was though. It clanks on take off and stopping but at one time it was knocking when shifted gears. I've had the radio on lately so don't notice all the noises it's been making. I got the brush off from one dealer with the knocking in the steering column or somewhere in the steering, which it's still doing, I haven't had time to take it anywhere since. Either i'm hearing things or have too sensitive of hearing but this truck makes more noises than the 88 S15 2.5L I had a few years ago. Runs better though so maybe that's the trade off.
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IMO there is no tradeoff if you have a noise like that with the under warranty mileage it has. Make sure the dealer documents your exact complaint and where you think it is coming from. Some have a way of rewriting symptoms in a way that is of no help in the future and all you see later on the repair order by the rewritten complaint is "NPF" [no problem found]. Or give them a dated note of the complaint and keep your own copy so that if they use their own language you'll have proof of what you reported. The point is if this is a serious issue and it is documented prior to warranty expiration then you are in a much stronger position should the noise develop into something involving high finances later. Also, if one dealer blows you off, go to another.
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