Front Left wheel clunking!!!
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Front Left wheel clunking!!!
I have a 90 with a 351. I have been having problems with my rear driveshaft lately and so I took it off to rebuild it. I am now driving on my front wheels. Since I took off the rear shaft I have been noticing that my left front wheel is clunking sporadically. What the heck? I pull the wheel, hub and rotor last night and checked the bearings (which I just repacked about a month ago) and they looked fine. Is my transmission going kaput? Any advice would be great!
kevin
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Front Left wheel clunking!!!
Is it just doing it in the turns? Basically it wasn't designed to be driven in front wheel drive on the street. You may be getting too much traction in the turns and binding the front end.
Just my opinion though and you know what they say about those.
Rob
Just my opinion though and you know what they say about those.
Rob
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From: Morgan Hill USA
Front Left wheel clunking!!!
I also have a '90 Bronco. I also had the same problem the spline on the half shaft is striping,:-(
I had mine replaced about a year ago with up-graded parts and it has been fine sence.
Although, word of advice you shouldn't drive on the front only it is extremely bad for the trans case, keep it up and you will be replaceing that also.
Bill
I had mine replaced about a year ago with up-graded parts and it has been fine sence.
Although, word of advice you shouldn't drive on the front only it is extremely bad for the trans case, keep it up and you will be replaceing that also.
Bill
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Front Left wheel clunking!!!
Where is it stripping at? I parked the beast last night and am not going to move it again til I get that centering bearing for the rear driveshaft. Do I have to go to a dealer to get a new half shaft? I have never done a spline before so any advice on the procedure would also be helpful. Thanks for the advice and info.
Kevin
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Front Left wheel clunking!!!
I had my 84 do the same kind of noise, too. I finally had to take off the spindle from the knuckle and found the spindle bearings were dry and rusted. After repacking the spindle bearings the noise is gone. Hope it helps. Thomas.
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Front Left wheel clunking!!!
I quit driving on the front driveshaft and the noise stopped (probably because I wasn't driving but who cares). I replaced the ball and bearings from the forward part of the double cardan joint for relatively cheap ($60) and reassembled the rear drive shaft yesterday. It has fixed the problem and for now the bronco is back in business.
Thanks for replies!
KJ
