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04 Ram frontend rattle HELP

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Old 05-01-2009, 02:59 PM
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OKay so i bought the truck used with 40,000 miles on it a year ago and there is a front end rattle on the pasanger side when i go over bumps. a guy told me it might be the rack and pinion, is there any truth to this. i cant find the rattle anywhere. its really annoying. the trucks an 04 hemi ram 4x4 . any help please
 
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Old 05-01-2009, 03:53 PM
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I had the same exact problem....it turned out to be the sway bar end links.
 
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Old 05-01-2009, 04:47 PM
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was the tie rod on mine.
 
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Mine was doing the same thing,it was slack in the rack and pinion.i replaced mine and it fixed the problem.
 
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i got the same thing on my drivers side.....cant find it for the life of me yet...very annoying.
 
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i think im just going to have to try the rack and pinion... its the only thing i cant figure out how to test ...everything else i have tried
 
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Check the sway bar bushings too. Mine would only rattle when it was cold out but they'd squeak when it warmed up.
 
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i got the same thing on my drivers side.....cant find it for the life of me yet...very annoying.
Ive had this problem for 4 months now did you ever figure out what it was???
 
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Sway bar or Tie rod ends!
 



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