Going straight, while stopping, just before coming to a complete stop.

Put the clunk washers in around 18K miles, have about 23K miles on the truck now. Oval shaped holes were not oblonged when clunk washers were installed. Thi is not a grease on the end stops problem, as this is going straight ahead (yes, they were greased too).

Anybody experience this?

Perhaps the holes have oblonged since the clunk washer install?

 

I had the same problem after installing the clunk washers. Have you greased your ball joints? Ford puts little to no grease in them from the factory. I used my grease gun with a needle fitting to poke thru the boot. It took about 10 pumps to fill each boot. It solved my clunk problem. Hope this helps.

 

Check your brake calipers, anti-sway bars, upper control arms,
anything that may move under deceleration. It may not be the
lower control arm moving.

 

I plan on trying that tomorrow. Us motocross racers have a similer problem with the bikes suspension linkages come through with little grease and it's recomended to rip them apart and grease them brand new off the showroom floor.

 

Even at under 25K miles? I'll have to get in there then. Thanks for the suggestions (to all).

 

Put some grease on the steering stops. I had the same issue and I greased the steering stops and there was no more clunk...

 

It happens going straight, and I already previously greased the stops. It's not anything that simple unfortunately.

 

I can tell you this. If it makes a clunk noise by going staight, then it is NOT the washersThe clunk washers solve the slow turning clunk problem. I would check that the bolts are all super, super tight.

 

How do you think I feel? I only now just broke 8000 miles. Plus mine just feels weird sometimes like a dry bearing creaking or something. Also the steering pump sounds a little loud lately when first starting the vehicle. I don't think it has anything to do with the clunk washer thing because I had a 2000 L that did the full steering clunk when backing out of a parking space and this is totally different.

 

Take it to Ford and have them do a full suspension inspection.

 

My Truck does the same thing. I have the slow turning clunk which sounds like the front end is going to fall apart when the the steering is locked out, but I also have the going straight noise. It happens when coming to a stop, and then again when accelerating from a stop at slow speeds. I think I hear it coming from the back though? possibly the traction bars, or the heim joints on the QA1's, drives me crazy though, makes the truck feel like a POS.

 

Like the other guys said, " Grease the ball joints" It will go away. Many trucks are dry from the factory.

 

Is there are threaded hole on the bottom of the ball joints (plugged) which I can put a grease fitting?

 

Nope ... The factory ball joints are "perma lubed" ... you have to
replace the control arm when they go bad. Or get aftermarket
control arms. But with the low mileage I wouldn't expect that
it is a ball joint.

As to the checking all the fitments, this is an assembly line
vehicle and for instance there are several places on my
turck that they just didn't put the nuts on bolts that hold
things down.

Better to check and be safe.

 

Mine started about two weeks ago. It's on the drivers side and sounds like there is something loose underneth my feet. It only bumps or shoud I say heavy rattle, when the left front tire hits bumps or dips in the road.