I keel you!

Having fought with the noise in the explorer now for what seems like a year, I have blessed, blessed silence.

All of the things I replaced, or tested, and still the noise, which started out as a “chuffchuffchuff” and eventually graduated to a “WOOMWOOMWOOM” was starting to annoy the hell out of me. I had replaced every component of the front end, left and right wheel bearings, differential, CV axles, and driveshaft. A lot of blood, sweat, and tears. Upper and lower balljoints, rotors, brakes. Yadda yadda. Finally, disgusted, I took it to a local trans shop that had been reccomended to me, K&M Transmissions in St John.

They put it on a lift and fired it up.

The (two month old) left front wheel bearing was fucked.

I took it home and swapped it out, and now it runs smooth as silk.

S’what I get for trusting “new” parts. Fuckers. And it’s JUST out of warranty, too, because I bought it not long after i got the truck, and sat it on the shelf until I needed it.

BTW, the partt I put in was a junkyard part. Out of a ‘Cash for Clunkers” car. Smooth. yeah. OEM Ford.

Oh, the trans shop? Didn’t charge me a penny.