The Clunk: Another one of Fords quality issues.

 

When I first got my 99 aligned about 3 years ago it had a little clunk, which was a little louder when in reverse. When It was being aligned I had the shop check the A-arm bolts and they were pretty loose. They tightned them and when backing out of the shop the clunk got everyones attention. The shop owner said that he has had many ford trucks with no grease in the ball joints. He squirted some grease into the rubber cups around the ball joints with a needle. That was 3 years ago and I have not heard a sound out of them since. I am not taking credit for the idea, just passing on what worked for me. Skip