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Old 02-03-2013, 01:12 AM
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it sounds like nails on a chalk board. not sure why or what it is. help pls


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Oh, I don't know....maybe your headlight fluid is low. Or maybe your truck doesn't have enough elbow grease. Perhaps your muffler bearings are shot.

For chrissake this forum gets the most retarded, mindless posts sometimes. How about rocking the truck around and get a buddy to look for the sound? Pinpoint it THEN ask for help.
 
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hey how bout not bein a smartass. I dont have the time to look everything over just tryin to get an idea of what it is.


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hey how bout not bein a smartass. I dont have the time to look everything over just tryin to get an idea of what it is.


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You don't supply any information as to when it does it, driving, sitting still & turning steering wheel, on bumps, 2 or 4 wheel drive and so forth and we are supposed have an idea of what it is?
Give us a break!
 
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Ball joints.
Anywhere there is a bushing.
Anything that moves in the suspension.
Maybe body mounts, if they are getting bad.

There are just too many possibilities to list. If there is rubber, its a possibility. You are going to have to find some time to at least do a casual inspection, and see if you can localize it. YOU are right there with the truck. We are not.
 
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either way it doesnt give this guy the rite to be an *******. an it does it all the time. turnin goin over speed bumps any time the truck is movin. only time it doesnt is whrn its parked or at a compleat stop. an its just a 2WD.


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Mine and my son's both had bad ball joints when they did that.
 
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Take a good look at your ball joints.
 
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Like heyyou said, anything that moves is suspect. Grinding like nails on a chalkboard could also be the brakes are shot and you have a caliper sticking and now there is metal on metal (worn brake pad on the rotor). You got to take a look and see.
 
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breaks are less than a few mo ths old last time i looked rotors were in giod shape. i sprayed all the mud off fron underneth. ill have a look at the ball joints an get back with yall. exactly how hard us it to do ball joints on this 95 ram 2wd??


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