Horrible griding noise
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Horrible griding noise
Im getting a horrible grinding/squealing noise when turning the wheels. It does it really bad when turning right but not as much when turning left. Some people have said that i have air in my power steering system so I tried bleeding the P/S system by jacking up the front end, opening the fluid reservoir, and then cranked the wheel lock to lock. The noise goes away when the tires are off the ground but when I drop it back down the noise comes back after a day or 2. Any ideas on what could be causing this?
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Check out this video on youtube
YouTube - F150 Squeaky Ball Joint Replacement
Its a 2004 F-150 4X4 and he goes throught the procedures to change out all the ball joints. It looks similar to the ranger. This is something to at least get familiar with replacing the ball joints.
YouTube - F150 Squeaky Ball Joint Replacement
Its a 2004 F-150 4X4 and he goes throught the procedures to change out all the ball joints. It looks similar to the ranger. This is something to at least get familiar with replacing the ball joints.
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Sounds good, I just took mine to a shop today and they said it was lower ball joint on the passenger side too, as well as the tie rod. So hes just going to replace the tie rod, ball joint, and do an alignment. Heres the good part, through these guys, they will charge me 240 for everything, I had previously set up an appointment with a different shop and they were gonna charge 421 + tax for the lower ball joints on both sides. It could help that i know a guy who works there and introduced me to this mechanic.
One question however, does it make sense to just replace the one side were its squeaking? the mechanic sd not to bother with the other side.
One question however, does it make sense to just replace the one side were its squeaking? the mechanic sd not to bother with the other side.
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That's what I would do anyways...
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Now im leary of this, this mechanic works on big rigs too, thats all their shop does but i'm related to 2 guys that work there so they set me up with this mechanic, Im gonna call him tuesday and ask him about this because my appointment is wednesday. He said only the passenger side had problems, the other side was fine, we cranked the wheels back and forth over the pit and he said te passenger side was the only side vibrating and making noise.
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