Hey all. It's been awhile since I've posted on here but here is what is going on. I have an 05 Super Cab XLT and I have noticed what alot of you have called the dreaded rear end clunk. I have done searches and i have read what it could be and could not be. But, here is my situation. I only notice it during slow turns (pulling into a driveway). There is no noise going into gear, accelerating, decelerating, only slow turn. But, I don't have the money to take my truck to a dealer right now so...is this something that needs to be addressed right away?? My truck only has 60K miles (I don't drive much) and I'm a little disappointed as bullet proof as Ford claims these things are that we would have to deal with this, but it is what it is. I noticed it first around 53K-55K miles. So is this something that can wait until I can save enough money to have it looked at or do I need to consider taking out a loan to get it fixed? Thanks for any insight. Take care

 

If im not mistaken Stealth had the same problem with his. I know he got the problem fixed but dont recall what it was, he thought it was coming from the rear of the truck but i think it turned out to be something in the front suspension. May want to message him

Edit: Just found his thread

https://www.f150online.com/forums/20...667-clunk.html

 

if you have the traction lock rear end, its the clutches going out. its a known problem with them. mine went out at 35k. would make chatter and clunks going around corners at slow speeds and straight take offs. i took it to a local driveline shop in the city, cost me $300.00 to have them put in new clutches and revised shims.

check around your area with some driveline shops. shop i took it to said that the clutches go out prematurely due to incorrect shims that ford used during assembly. he said if you go to the dealer, they will just put in the same shims and new clutches and you will be back again later with the same issue.

he said it is a design defect that ford has refused to acknowledge. he has a machine he custom makes the shims and has fixed dozens of them with no reoccurring issues. ive had 10k+ on mine now with no issues.

this is how common it is for him to see it: when i called him (Gary at Gary's Driveline in OKC) and told him what my truck was doing without telling him what kind of a truck it was, he responded with "let me guess, its an 04 or newer F150 isnt it?"

thats all the convincing i needed. plus a good friend of mine recommended him.