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Hello everyone. I recently bought a 98 ranger xlt 2wd to use as a small work truck. I have been going over the truck trying to find issues and solve them now, rather than have a 230k mile truck with issues begin to pile up on top of existing issues.
I went over the truck with a mechanic buddy of mine while he was in town. to help me find stuff to fix, etc etc.
Well, I have parts waiting for installation to replace the pads and rotors up front, I have replaced both blown front shocks, and I am going to check the rear shocks as well. We inspected for play in the front end linkage, ball joints, tie-rods, and swaybar end links are all good.
The issue is this: on braking when weight shifts to the front of the vehicle, there will be a pop/clunk that comes from the passenger side front of the vehicle. you can feel it in the floorboard from the driver's seat, if you're sitting in the passenger seat its a lot more noticeable. It seems to disappear when its raining, and other than while braking, it only happens when turning the wheel to near the extreme. I don't notice any noise really when going over bumps, or rough roads. I'm stumped on finding the source of this clunk and its making me nuts.
any ideas? Thanks guys!
I went over the truck with a mechanic buddy of mine while he was in town. to help me find stuff to fix, etc etc.
Well, I have parts waiting for installation to replace the pads and rotors up front, I have replaced both blown front shocks, and I am going to check the rear shocks as well. We inspected for play in the front end linkage, ball joints, tie-rods, and swaybar end links are all good.
The issue is this: on braking when weight shifts to the front of the vehicle, there will be a pop/clunk that comes from the passenger side front of the vehicle. you can feel it in the floorboard from the driver's seat, if you're sitting in the passenger seat its a lot more noticeable. It seems to disappear when its raining, and other than while braking, it only happens when turning the wheel to near the extreme. I don't notice any noise really when going over bumps, or rough roads. I'm stumped on finding the source of this clunk and its making me nuts.
any ideas? Thanks guys!
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