Hi..trying to get some information before I bring it in. I have ticking/ pinging /clicking sounds coming from my rear end. The best I can describe it is if aluminum lugs are lose and you get that mettalic pinging sound. I have a '95 f-150. I did a search here already:This noise happens when going straight as well as turning. 13 months ago, I had the thing rebuilt with the exception of the pinion--mechanic said it looked fine. I had the inner and outer bearings done, the rider bearings, spline, flange, pinion bearing and cone, axle bearing asemblies, axles, etc. Any ideas, given this lame description?? Also, do I stand my ground if mechanic says guarantee has run out? Seems for $1,200 bucks, components shpuld last longer than 1 year and less then 30K miles. Thanks in advance

 

forgot..I pulled both wheels and drums to see if I had a pebble or chip in the drum--nothin. Torqued down wheels nice and tight--still have noise. Thanks again

 

one other thing..I also turned the hub by hand. Everything felt and sounded smooth.

 

Does the ticking noise frequency increase as the vehicle speed increases?

 

No- it's completely random--kinda like a rock in a hubcap sound. Hopefully it's not a tooth in a diff. sound. Sometimes it's completely silent, other times it chatters hard (though no vibration felt) and sometimes it just sort pings intermittenly. I'd say it's a bearing if they all weren't replaced recently, given the area it's coming from, but it's not a scraping sound. Again, I turned the hub and didn't hear or feel nothin'. Thanks.

 

Heh, im baffled for sure.

Do the wheels have dust covers?

Leaf springs?

(Insert 100 guesses here. )

 

Aluminum wheels, w/ dust covers (they are tight. A metal mud flap was loose and I snugged that up). Also has leaf springs. I jumped on the bumper, shook the wheel to look for play..I'm baffled too. Drove it 1.5 miles to my mechanic's today and it didn't make a peep. Here we go.

 

Hey there. try pulling the drums again and see if there is any rust on the drum rubbing on the backing plate. have seen this before on many vehicles, and is very easy to overlook