Rattling in Left Front Wheel Area
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Rattling in Left Front Wheel Area
Recently I started hearing a rattle sound coming from the left front wheel area but I can't see anything wrong, and drivability seems unaffected. This doesnt sound like any wheel bearing failure I have ever experienced before but with these complete hubs maybe that's what this is? Hoping not because I've already put a bunch of $ in this truck already this year, starting to nickel and dime me a little bit.
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Bad shock or loose shock bolt. I had front shocks that went to rattling and the previous installer tightened the top nut too much, crushing the rubber causing it to fall apart. made a terrible rattle. Right now I have a rattle in the rear end. One shock bolt is slightly smaller than the mounting hole. When I changed my shocks, I moved that bolt to the easy side and I'll probably take it out one day and shim it by wrapping a thin metal like a slice from a soda can around it. Or something similar to that.
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Sometimes my rattle that I know is my shock bolt is deceiving and can sound like its the front but I already know what it is. I can make it stop by bearing down on it hard with two wrenches, but it will come back. Might want to check yours rear shock bolts.
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My truck is doing the same thing. at little rattle on bumps only. I lifted the weight off the tires and grabbed the wheel on the top and bottom and check the play back and forth. Sure enough theres at least an 1/8" play. Ball joints are going south my mechanic buddy says. I didn't think with only 91000km that it could where out but they're starting to now. Keep us posted
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check the ball joints cause they don't last long, and the sway bar end links will look good but most of the time wore out.those and the axle u joint are good and common causes of the noise you are probably hearing.
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Does it stop when you apply the brakes. Mine has a rattle in the left front and stops when I apply the brakes. I finally traced it to a loose caliper. I posted a few months ago about this and it seems to happen quite often. Somebody suggested to shim the caliper.
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