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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 08:03 AM
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Unhappy Noise in the Front

My 2001 F 150 4x4 Lariot makes a kind of "Dank mechanical sound". It appears to happen when the chassis flexes. The truck has 90K miles.
I jacked it up by chasis and put stress on the fronts. Horizontal and vertical per front wheel. I can vaguely simulate the "Dank sound". So hard to finger it. Happens on a falt surface going from Nutral to Reverse and back to drive.
Can this be the ball joints? I am going to replace all four. Is there a specific brand to use? The truck is a keeper.
We checked all CV and U joints as well. Looks good under there. Pretty tight. No leaks, no rust as well.
Your thoughts.
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Thanks very much. Very educating site.
 
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