clunking and grinding...need help
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clunking and grinding...need help
I have a 91 f150 4x4 5.0 auto. It makes a grinding noise after i go a few hundred feet and when i slow to a stop it clunks a few times. Then it dosn't do anything for another hundred feet then it starts back up again. I have no idea what it could be....i'm gona check the brakes tonight but i doubt that's it. I am also going to check the fluid levels on everything. Any clues? I need this as a back up truck right now because my ranger has some transmission/clutch problems. Please help...any suggestions are very appreciated.
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I haven't driven it enough to pinpoint the noise. I took the rear tires off and checked the drums....both had a broken cable, and one drum was extremely hard to get off. Not sure if that was related to the problem though but just another thing i have to fix now. I haven't checked the fluid levels yet, the brakes took up most of the day. The drive shaft seems to be fine, but i'm not sure.
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#6
Well....i managed to fix the brakes, something wasn't in it's place and i put it back and it all went back to normal. But it still makes the noise. I took it for a 10 mile ride and it made the noise like it always does until i got it up to road speed, then it stopped and it didn't do that at all after that. I don't know what it could be. If i took it for a ride tomorow i bet it would still make the noise. I'm not near the truck and won't be for a while, i'm on vacation. I still need some input on what this could be.
#7
Ok guys.....i figured it out. I took a ride in it today and heard the grinding noise most of the way, I stopped and took a look around....and i thought i heard the sound coming from the front passenger side. Sure enough, i felt the auto hub and it was freakin hot. I don't know if it's the hub or wheel bearing or what, but i need to do something with it to make it driveable, my ranger is either going to be getting fixed for a week or two or it's going to the junk yard. This is my only other vehicle right now and i need to be able to drive it. Can i take it appart but still make it driveable? The whole wheel was hotter that hell so that tells me something is seriously wrong in there, i will get to working on it later tonight or tomorow, but i need to know what i can do for a temporary fix until i can get to really fixing it when i have a second vehicle again.