I hear noises
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I hear noises
2000 ford f-150 with 108,000 miles
While driving i all kinds of noises in the front end. i could be driving slow in a paved parking lot and hear a sqeaking almost like an old matress sound, at times the truck makes that sound when I'm parked and turn the wheels. Plus while driving on not so smooth roads it just feels the front end is going to fall off. What do you guys think?
I've read through some of the posts on here and you guys give great advice. But I'm still alittle confused on something. To check the hub bearing you lift the front end and grab the wheel and try to move it left to right and to check the ball joints you grab the bottom and top of the tire and try to move back forth? So left to right is bearings and top and bottom is ball joints.
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While driving i all kinds of noises in the front end. i could be driving slow in a paved parking lot and hear a sqeaking almost like an old matress sound, at times the truck makes that sound when I'm parked and turn the wheels. Plus while driving on not so smooth roads it just feels the front end is going to fall off. What do you guys think?
I've read through some of the posts on here and you guys give great advice. But I'm still alittle confused on something. To check the hub bearing you lift the front end and grab the wheel and try to move it left to right and to check the ball joints you grab the bottom and top of the tire and try to move back forth? So left to right is bearings and top and bottom is ball joints.
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If you grab top and bottom both play in wheel bearings and ball joints will show up. You really need a helper to rock the wheel top and bottom while you look at the inside of the wheel to see where the play is.
Grabbing the wheel left and right will also show up any wheel bearing play but will also show any play in the steering joints. Again you need ahelper to rock the wheel while you look under at the tie-rod ends and idler arm.
You might also have to put a lever bar under each tire and lift it up and down while you look for ball joint play.
Grabbing the wheel left and right will also show up any wheel bearing play but will also show any play in the steering joints. Again you need ahelper to rock the wheel while you look under at the tie-rod ends and idler arm.
You might also have to put a lever bar under each tire and lift it up and down while you look for ball joint play.
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