Engine noise
07-24-2015, 08:43 AM
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If you bought it from a dealership and it started ticking soon after, they probably put honey or something in the oil to quiet it down. If the ticking is louder from the wheel well, it's more likely a loose plug / lash adjuster / manifold gasket than your timing components.
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07-24-2015, 01:36 PM
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One easy way to tell if your ticking sound is from the cam phasers is if you hear them when they're working - i.e. under low acceleration or just coming down from a low acceleration. You'll hear a quick "tickatickaticka" as they wind back down, then the truck will sort of sound like a diesel as it idles (after it's hot and the VCT solenoids are active). If it's just a rhythmic tick, once per revolution, it's probably a failing lash adjuster.
The shaking: If the U joint doesn't do anything, I have a few recommendations.
1. Take off your parking brake and go for a drive. If the shaking is gone, there's your problem. Replace the shoes (very cheap), remove the scissor actuator lever and break it apart (they frequently rust into one solid piece) and wire brush / sand / grease the hell out of it, then reinstall.
2. Have your drive shaft balanced. These things seem to fail for no reason. Mine worked fine until one day... for whatever reason... So I took it to a driveline shop. They ground off one of the factory weights and that put it back in balance.
- Added knowledge: the drive shafts in these trucks are junk out of the factory. They have stickers on them that say "SCRAP IF DROPPED." That should tell you a lot.
3. Rotate your tires. If the vibration moves or "feels different", you need your tires balanced.
The shaking: If the U joint doesn't do anything, I have a few recommendations.
1. Take off your parking brake and go for a drive. If the shaking is gone, there's your problem. Replace the shoes (very cheap), remove the scissor actuator lever and break it apart (they frequently rust into one solid piece) and wire brush / sand / grease the hell out of it, then reinstall.
2. Have your drive shaft balanced. These things seem to fail for no reason. Mine worked fine until one day... for whatever reason... So I took it to a driveline shop. They ground off one of the factory weights and that put it back in balance.
- Added knowledge: the drive shafts in these trucks are junk out of the factory. They have stickers on them that say "SCRAP IF DROPPED." That should tell you a lot.
3. Rotate your tires. If the vibration moves or "feels different", you need your tires balanced.
As for the shaking, the u-joint was the problem. I've had them go bad in the past but never had shaking at just a specific speed.
07-24-2015, 01:51 PM
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I feel I may have been a bit misleading in my earlier post... I say "it never went away" as at the time, nothing I did changed the noise. Once my mech tightened the loose plug, it ran quiet as can be.
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07-25-2015, 09:28 AM
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Thank you for the suggestion. I really appreciate it. My local mechanic now has my truck so he can diagnose this as well as replace a U Joint.
Thank you also to the 170+ others that viewed the thread and had no input. It's hard to believe nobody had a suggestion or any idea. This seems like a real helpful community (yes, that's sarcasm).
Thank you also to the 170+ others that viewed the thread and had no input. It's hard to believe nobody had a suggestion or any idea. This seems like a real helpful community (yes, that's sarcasm).
07-25-2015, 12:13 PM
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Thanks d-bag. Like I said, I used the search and didn't find much stating my exact problem. I believe the well documented issue is with the cam phasers, which is not my problem. So thank you, but no thank you.