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After driving on PG&E trails all day, I started to notice a squeaking coming from the front of my 2013 F150 (3.5 eco, 4x4, crew cab with 68k miles). I figured a stick had lodged its way into the wheel well or something alike. After cleaning it out, it kept squeaking so I looked deeper into the issue. The wheel looks pretty good aside from a cracked shock absorber (truck still stands level so I don't think it's leaking) but the sound is horrible. I wonder if I hit a bump which loosened some other metal part in the right wheel along with cracking the shock? There are pictures and a video of the sound. below. We are about to drive 200 miles back and I'm worried it will only further damage the truck.
The wheel looks pretty good aside from a cracked shock absorber (truck still stands level so I don't think it's leaking) n
And the shocks don't support the truck, the springs do. The tiny gas pressure in the shock is for anti-foaming and only adds a millimeter or less of lift.
10-28-2018, 03:00 PM
Squeaking sound, cracked shock
