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Old 10-21-2009
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Truck Was In The Shop..
Well took the truck to the shop today.. It had been in there since 8:30 this moring and well its 5:30 and i finally got it.. OK well i had a clicking noise in the front end and well i was kinda worried about it so i took it in.. they looked and looked and could not find what the noise was at all. until they called for head quarteres and this is what they said word for word.."Customer states clicking Noise from front end, Advise DIAG, Found over sized tires casueing the chrome cladding on the rim to make wheel pop when driving contacted ford hotline on issue... So what they are saying is since i have the factory wheels the chrome peaiece cant handle the wieght that the tires have on them which is causing them to click against the rim.. This still does not make since to me.. will someone make some light of this.. Ohh and by the way Thankes to josh he hooked me up with the right guy at the service depot.. thankes bro
 
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excuse me? BS! what chrome cladding? You talking the chrome plastic wheel covers they put on those trucks? No way the tires caused that.
 
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Use a different dealer because that is a bunch of BS.

Clicking sound. 4wd or 2wd?
 
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He's coil sprung 2wd
 
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Hell, that doesn't even make sense to me
 
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thats bs ive heard the ford place up here tell all kinds of people em storys. thats pretty much em saying i dont know what it is so thay make something up and blame it on you. take it to another dealer
 
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Noone wants to deal with a warranty vehicle. They don't make **** off you!
 
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BS ive had oversized tires on my 2000 for 2 years and it dont make no clickin sound
 
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Ford said 32" mud terrains caused the Tcase in Cory's '07 truck to make noises. LOL!
 
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take chrome off and see if noise goes away.it doesnt look bad with them off either.and you may like the look
 
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Originally Posted by BigEdge126
take chrome off and see if noise goes away.it doesnt look bad with them off either.and you may like the look
love the crome look... and besides.. i just got back from looking at it and its not even loose.. oso time to go to another dealer ship....
 
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what you need to do is take them off and take it back in back in and show them that it wasent that and make them seem like idiots, well thats what i would do
 
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wait actually think about this. doesnt the chrome come to the lip of the rim...

he is BFG tires with rim guard that goes over the lip... if there is side wall flex it could pop the chrome lip on the cover
 
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Stone speaks with wisdom.
 
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try installing a different set of tires/wheels and see if it goes away
 
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I think me and josh are going to try and do that hopefully this weekend... So we will see.. But the chrome piece is still stuck to the rim.. so i dont know. we will see soon..
 
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the chrome piece is a hubcap? if so it makes sense. lots of vehicles have clicking sounds coming from hubcaps everytime they hit a bump in the road. it is due to tire flex in most cases as stated above
 
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Originally Posted by BamaRanger09
I think me and josh are going to try and do that hopefully this weekend... So we will see.. But the chrome piece is still stuck to the rim.. so i dont know. we will see soon..
its only stuck to the rim with glue on the spokes not the edges so that could be doing it just enough to make noices
 
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Originally Posted by ranger4.0
the chrome piece is a hubcap? if so it makes sense. lots of vehicles have clicking sounds coming from hubcaps everytime they hit a bump in the road. it is due to tire flex in most cases as stated above

Yea but the sad part is.. its not when i hit a butt.. its when i am driving...
 
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it is not glue.they are clips that when you push they click on.if one of the clips are broke it will make noise.
 
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