I have posted before in this area. I had a knocking noise in the left front wheel area underneth my feet. I said it rattled (knocked) when it hit bumps or debits in the road. I looked, shooked, and hit everthing underneth like any individual would do, on top and underneth. ( I will be going to a front end shop soon), because... I was on the interstate and I did not run over anything,. but I heard something hit, metalic, and it bounced aroung two to three times under my feet and then gone. Now the rattle is at cruise speed from five to any speed NOT hitting any bumps. What is it!!!!!

Thanks,

My brotheren...

 

My "guess" woould be something that is loose on the rotaional assemblies.

Did you check the calipers?

 

Hand checks may not reveal bad components.

The stock Ford ball joints, tie rod ends, etc. are pure sheot. I just ordered all new Moog (much higher quality, greaseable) ball joints and steering components. About $350 in parts to replace everything that moves.

 

www.rockauto.com

 

Thanks guys, and to to those still contributing. The Truck only has 41K.

 

That's where I ordered mine. Super prices, super easy finding of parts.

 

Makes no difference. Ford OEM ball joint and tie rod failures are commonplace, even on low-mileage trucks. And even when they don't fail, the lack of grease fittings prevents you from flushing out the old grease. When the joints wear even a little, the handling suffers. I should have replaced mine the day that I drove it home.

The issue is ripe for me now because of a little incident a couple of days ago. While the valets at my work were parking the truck, the outer tie rod end came loose. After it wedged under the tire and locked the wheel, they drug the tire for about 30 feet to get it parked (they had no choice).

The failure mode was unrelated to Ford: I must have forgotten to replace the cotter pin two years ago, which was the last time that I had them loose.

After laying my hands on the long-forgotten steering parts, and knowing that I am going to replace all of the ball joints with an upcoming control arm/spindle swap, it just makes sense to replace everything under there. The steering is horrible enough without any joint play. Moog joints rock.

 

Thanks everyone,

Of all the years I tended to my front end and brakes I finaly gave up trust ( in thinking no one would jeapordize ones life and not torque things right ) and pulled the wheel off and low and behold the calliper bolt, top, was gone and the bottom was loose on the bracket to calliper assembley. I will fix these parts in the morning. I guess someone did not have the right size wrench because the bottom was rounded off nearly, which means they were never torqued like they were supposed to be... Thanks one and all.

 

Are you talking the BIG caliper bolts that hold the entire assembly on?
I think the torwue on those is 136 ft. lbs. which is really hard to get
in a cramped space. If it's the Torx ones that hold the pads, it's not too
uncommon if you don't run through the "I torqued that one" routine at
the end of maintenance. < grin > Don't ask how I learned that lesson!

Glad you found it ...

Click here, bud

 

Yes sir, the two BIG bolts that takes 136ft.lbs. that's the ones.