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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 09:56 PM
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Issues, Need help

I have normal issues for the amount of miles on my truck but was wondering if someone can point me in the right direction.

1st- I have one hub locked and cant for the life of me get it unstuck.

2nd- There is a very loud clunking noise and it seems to be going on at low speeds. Im thinking maybe a bushing somewhere? hopefully? The ball joints have been replaced about 50,000 miles ago and I dont know if that would be the issue or not.

3rd- I have exhaust leak at the header. Its ticking and I need to get that looked at as well.

4th- My 4 wheel drive will not engage. When I turn the switch it does nothing and about 2 weeks ago I turned it on with no issues and it worked great. I had to play with the wires behind the switch to engage but is the switch going bad a common failure?

My truck is a 2001 F 250 5.4

I also live in the twin cities area and if anyone can help I would seriously appreciate it thanks and maybe someone can give me a rough estimate on what this may potentially cost?

Thanks all very much!
 
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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by mbergr1
I have normal issues for the amount of miles on my truck but was wondering if someone can point me in the right direction.

1st- I have one hub locked and cant for the life of me get it unstuck.

2nd- There is a very loud clunking noise and it seems to be going on at low speeds. Im thinking maybe a bushing somewhere? hopefully? The ball joints have been replaced about 50,000 miles ago and I dont know if that would be the issue or not.

3rd- I have exhaust leak at the header. Its ticking and I need to get that looked at as well.

4th- My 4 wheel drive will not engage. When I turn the switch it does nothing and about 2 weeks ago I turned it on with no issues and it worked great. I had to play with the wires behind the switch to engage but is the switch going bad a common failure?

My truck is a 2001 F 250 5.4

I also live in the twin cities area and if anyone can help I would seriously appreciate it thanks and maybe someone can give me a rough estimate on what this may potentially cost?

Thanks all very much!
1. Are they the stock hubs? Search for Guzzle 7.3 on here. He has a site with a whole bunch of good write ups, including one on that hub.

3. Is a very common issue. You can replace with a header unit, in fact, the leak is a good excuse to do so, but unless you take care of it yourself, which is not in any way, shape or form easy, grab the jar of Vaseline and bend over. It won't be cheap to fix.

2 and 4 I can't comment on.
 
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