Same problem with new F-150 King Ranch. Took it to Dealer, pulled bed loose and fixed pads last week. One week later the rattle has returned. Dealer says Ford placed front bed bolts too far back. Check out other models with front bed bolts at the front of bed not 12"back or so. This is probably a major design flaw by Ford. If I open the back sliding window and drive down a street with bumps it sounds like something is going to fall off the back. The noise always coming from the right rear side. Any body have a solution?

 

I would hesitate to call it a 'major' design flaw however; with the frequency of this problem, something is wrong. Definately an annoyance.

RP

 

I noticed it recently. Thought I read something in the past. Has everyone solved their problem?

 

I am going to have to check this out. Is this problem occuring in any particular year?

 

I have this problem too. What tools did you use and how and where did you place them to lift the box off the rail to reset the rubber strip? I have a cap on my Supercrew so the tools used and location of placement would be handy to know.

 

sydscrew,

There may be better ways to do this but my method is quite easy and takes only a minute. All I used was a flat blade screwdriver. I simply wedged the screwdriver in between the frame and the box and then pushed down on it to pry the box up. The box will move just enough to slide the rubber pad back in. I simply reached under the frame and pushed the pad back in while pushing down on the screwdriver. The trick is getting it in far enough. There is a hole in the pad which is probably there to keep it in place. It must need to slide over a bump on the frame. If it still works its way back out after some driving then you probably didn't get it in far enough. After doing this on 3 separate occasions I finally got it to stay.

Good luck.

 

fun island blue crew:

I tried what you suggested, used a hammer to hit the screwdriver under the box, and was able to get the rubber all the way in. If it comes out at a later date, I will use either duct tape or black electrical tape to try to keep it in place. Thanks very much for the reply and the pictures.

 

I did the same as above with the "screw"driver..I found a molded bump on my pad that needed to be pushed down into frame and after some heavy cussing finally got it back into place. Has been about 2 months and it has stayed put.
Rdb

 

Here is what I did, my bed was squeaking like no other and I saw this forum... by the way thanks for the idea!!

I parked in my driveway, which has a slight incline and set the parking break AFTER putting it into park and letting off the brake slowly, this allowed for the truck to bow just a little and instead of prying the bed up with a screw driver, I simply pushed lightly up on the front of the bed and it gave enough to slide the pad back into place.... Made it easy for me to do. I went for a spin and hte noise was gone, I parked with the brake first this time and there was no budging the bed (screwdriver time) if I had to adjust again... luckily I was good to go at this point.. Thanks again for the help!!

 

I had the very same problem as funislandbluecrew. No tech at the Ford dealership could figure it out. They tightened the rear shock absorber stating that that was the probem (not being tightened to specs). When I returned to pick the truck up it still made the same noise. I was finally able to find the source of the noise right in front of one of the techs. Talk about him being embarrased. The service writers/techs were ready to hire me on as a tech right on the spot. It makes me wonder what the techs are doing while trying to diagnose a problem and then giving you a bunch of bull on what they did to "correct" the problem.