Originally Posted by westtnfx4

That clunk in your rear end my be your posi traction clutches...it will not hurt to run them. If you can live with the noise then do so...if not put another good used one in. I've never had hub trouble so can't help you with that one. As far as a ground on a ABS sensor that's pretty simple to trace....is your abs light coming on all the time or just part of the time?

Originally Posted by metropolis909

okay so heres my problem. i have a 2002 f-150 xl with 5.4l 4wd. well i`ve changed my driver side hub 12 times with various brands. and still junk and i`ve replaced the cv axle to. i was told maybe a bad ground wire going to my abs sensor?

second problem.. i have a clunk/ snap noise from the rear end it sounds like.. the u joints are 2 weeks old and i pulled the rotors off the rear to see how my parking brakes were and they looked fine. so i reassembled it. i had my boss check the gear backlash and he said its not bad.. now this problem only occurs at a stop in reverse or drive.. and its intermittent! it is a junk yard rear end in my truck due to a car accident.. my first rear end they put in my truck had a cracked carrier and whined the whole time now this one i swear its coming from the rear.. i had my truck on the lift at work and went front to back on it and found nothing wrong. i even de adjusted my torsion keys to see if it helped...im at a loss with this truck.. i mean im 600 miles away from 100k!!!!! wtf. if this is gunna b more of a problem owning this truck them in getting rid of it. im tired of tinkering with it every weekend... i miss my old 98 tacoma 5 spd with 171k on it i was never really doing anything to that that rinsing mudd off it... and for a fact my 150 is a tar baby soo its not 4 wheeling related


thanks inadvance!!!

ryan

Originally Posted by djquik1

Ryan.
Use OEM hubs and you should be ok. The rear end,did they get you an axle with the same tag number that came out of yours originally,or did get one that would work? Also,check to make sure the rest of the rear end is set up properly,not just the backlash.Make sure the axle play is within specs,and if it is a LS...make sure that break away torque falls with in spec as well.

Now the U-joints are new? Did you use OEM?
Also,coils did you use OEM?

Originally Posted by metropolis909

u joint i got at cap best i could get and i got coil packs from napa top of the line.. now the thing with the rear end that doesnt make sense to me and maybe its something i missed while in there... but when i apply the parking brake and hold the release i can feel the clunk thru the pedal soo maybe its my shoes??? and today it make the clunk once and that was it

Originally Posted by djquik1

The Echlin coils offered by Napa are ok,but they tend to fail sooner than the Motorcraft ones.

Price difference is $92.58 for the OEM DG508's, and Echlin's #ECH IC369 go for $76.31....I am sure a little bargaining with your local dealer and you could have gotten them to price match.

Now on the U-joints,unless you got a Dana/Spicer u-joint in the aftermarket,that could create some noise,but what you are describing you might try a Scocthbrite pad on a angle die grinder and buff out the inside of the Rotor where the parking brake shoes rest and clean out the rust,and then take some sand paper to the shoes and re-surface them. Properly adjust up the parking shoes and see if some of the noise goes away.