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Old Oct 8, 2009 | 10:33 PM
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So it has been doing it for about 2months now. I bought the truck w/ bad breaks all around the thought it was the drums or calipers sticking. Just got the truck out of the shop and its still doing it. Brand new breaks all around. Trans. & Rear Diff. Serviced and they didn't see anything out of the normal. Now for the grinding. Mostly feel it in the pedal. Only on take off(0-5mph) for about 3secs or less then it goes away. 98% of the time its while turning. Say I stop at a light turning right, when i hit the gas to go its like a grinding/skipping hard to explain, but 3secs or less its gone. Trans. does not slip,skip or anything. I do have a loose pitman arm and bad ball joints would this cause the problem? Just seeing if anyone else has had this problem. Next week the SS brake lines go on along w/ the Moog ball joints/pitman arm. Thanks!
 

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Old Oct 8, 2009 | 11:01 PM
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could be a bad wheel bearing. mine had the same noises and grinding when mine went out. mine was the right one too
 
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Old Oct 8, 2009 | 11:05 PM
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only when you turn...???
 
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Old Oct 8, 2009 | 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by AlabamaRam95
only when you turn...???

Once a blue moon going str8. Most of the time only when turning... At any other speed no problems and this doesn't happen "everytime" its picks and chooses when it does it but once its starts its does't it often.... very hard to explain and sound like i know what I'm talking about..
 
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Old Oct 8, 2009 | 11:57 PM
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could be the combo of the wheel bearing with the bad ball joints
 
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 01:05 AM
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My Dad just had to replace wheel bearings on his exploder, and it had all the same symptoms your truck has, is it louder on a certain side of the truck?
 
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Redneck343
My Dad just had to replace wheel bearings on his exploder, and it had all the same symptoms your truck has, is it louder on a certain side of the truck?

seems to be... I'm going to have wifey stand outside the truck and listen..
 
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 08:41 AM
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Jack the front up and see if the wheels have play in them.
 
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Old Oct 11, 2009 | 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by halfamil
Jack the front up and see if the wheels have play in them.
Ok will do that. So this week i will be ordering 2 new lower ball joints(MOOG) and a new pitman arm. I'm ordering off RockAuto. Is there a certain wheel bearing i should get? I have the 2wd. Just dont want to have to do this again!
 
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