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(OT) F250 front axle clunk/ratcheting noise 4WD

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rc in ct

12-12-2005 11:07:53




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Out plowing Friday. In a 89 7.3l 4x4 F250.
Turn the wheel left and I get a loud ratcheting/clunk noise coming from the area of the front differential,front driver side wheel. The noise only came when I turn the wheel to the left in 4wd and moving forward. Is there a quick check to isolate the problem? At this point I'm looking to check the front hub (manual locking warn hubs),u joints, and suspension/frame in the area. I lifted the front end and did not notice anything out of the normal manually spinning the front drive shaft with the hubs locked. So it must be an issue when loaded up and working.

No snow in the forecast I have at least a week to fix it. If I can figure it out. Hoping its a hub.

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Brad - IN

12-12-2005 15:15:02




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 Re: (OT) F250 front axle clunk/ratcheting noise 4W in reply to rc in ct, 12-12-2005 11:07:53  
Had a similar sounding problem on a later model about 6 months ago. It turned out to be the manual Warn hub. The inner snap ring that holds the lockout spring assembly together had come out of its groove. The snap ring would not stay in its groove. Fix was as simple as a new lock-out. Hope yours is as simple as mine was.
Good Luck
Brad



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Yeah Right

12-12-2005 13:20:13




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 Re: (OT) F250 front axle clunk/ratcheting noise 4W in reply to rc in ct, 12-12-2005 11:07:53  
No snow in the forcast, tear that sucker apart and see if there is no snow. If you luck is like mine when you get the thing apart you are gonna get dumped on.

KraigWY



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rc in ct

12-12-2005 15:07:02




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 Re: (OT) F250 front axle clunk/ratcheting noise 4W in reply to Yeah Right, 12-12-2005 13:20:13  
Yep I was thinking by putting the plow on I'd bring the temp up to 33 and we'd get rain. No luck.

Went out to work on the truck and the air ratchet failed me. Air tools definitely spoil a person quick -- even if only used to take the lugs off the wheels on a HD. Took a 4ft cheater bar to break'em free. Its dark now and someone just said snow Thursday/Friday. If I fix it by then it'll rain.

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the tractor vet

12-12-2005 13:40:53




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 Re: (OT) F250 front axle clunk/ratcheting noise 4W in reply to Yeah Right, 12-12-2005 13:20:13  
No now that would never happen with all the new fangeled weather guessen of today and if they did call for snow it would only be a dusting ----- - of about a foot so ya had better hurry.



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the tractor vet

12-12-2005 11:40:14




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 Re: (OT) F250 front axle clunk/ratcheting noise 4W in reply to rc in ct, 12-12-2005 11:07:53  
From years of plowen snow with a 4x4 f250 FORD AND THE YEARLY REPAIRS THAT ARE REQUIRED First off U/joints. next would be the inner spindel bearings , one of the things that nobody knowes about till it has ate the axel stub and bearings as there is no way for these littel suckers to get grease but by tearing the ft. apart every year and repacking the wheel bearings and the spindel bearings with your littel old finger . I learned this the hard way on my 78 did not have to do that on the old 73-75 just learned how to make a fast repair on the spider gears on that one . Snow plowen is hard on a truck and if you are doing a lot of it it will cost you now a days around 2000 grad a year just to keep it in good repair . I did all i could do on beefing up a plow truck big raditor heater tires transmission heavey rear ends ft. and back poisi rear chains and it still took lots of work to ready for the snow they never break till ya need them and on more then one big storm they would have something fail at 3or 4 in the morning when it is 20 below and snow so hard that ya can't see the end of the plow .

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