I have an 02 Screw I bout with 23,xxx miles. It currently has 52,xxx, and I am on my third idler arm since I bought it. Ford dealer has no idea what is causing this. Has anyone else had this problem?

 

Are they Ford parts or aftermarket??

 

All ford parts.

 

When I had new tires put on, one mechanic suggested that the stiff Rancho shocks might be effecting the idler arm, any other FX4 owners seen this?

 

do you have after market wheels?

 

what were the symptoms of idlerarm going bad?

 

I know you can buy idler arms that have a lifetime warranty. I can't recall the name that a lot of people use on this site, but if you do a search, it shouldn't be hard to find. You might want to try NAPA, I believe theirs are guaranteed for life. There probably isn't anything terribly wrong with your truck that is causing the arms to go bad, the Ford ones are simply pieces of crap.

-Craig

 

MOOG have a Lifetime Warranty. I Looked into it already cause I have to change mine as well when the wheather warms up.

I'll also be keeping a sharp eye out for any information or special hints to make the change easier if anybody has some.

I also think that as a general rule, the bigger the tires, the faster the Idler Arm will wear out. So that being said, on average, a truck with stock 17" tires will wear out the Idler arm faster than a truck with 16". And Modded trucks with 33's and 35's must wear out Idler arms an "Accelerated" rate

Does this make any sense?

Dpostman

 

I had to have mine replaced by Ford on my 03' Screw when the truck had 10,000 miles on it. When you turned the steering wheel back and forth you could feel a clunking noise through the wheel.