steve said the floorboard will crack at the rear seat mount sometimes, you think that could be it or is it a more "powerful" knock? have you looked at the pivot bushings at all? might be it. motor mounts, body cracking near gutter (like mine did)? when you changed the radarm bushings did they have the little white inserts in there? just curious cuz mine only had it on one side i believe, which still confuses me. i want to change those bushings but i have to grind down my welds first (doh!)... but i gotta get this baby running first.

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From sitting in the drivers seat it sounds like its coming from the area under the pedal trans tunnel area though i realize sound can travel. my white plastic spacers on the radius bushings are fine. Its a fast thump (or POP)noise.

btw , whats an easy way to check the pivot bushings?

 

Sounds like a tie rod or ball joint.Jack the tire up and check for movement when pulling,pushing on the wheel.The wifes burb was making a popping sound and the outer tie rod was toast.

Billy

 

while we are on the subject of a knocking sound, mine "clicks" kinda lightly up until approx 65mph, where I can no longer hear it(it is coming from bith of my front wheels).I know it is something that has to do with the wheels because it is a very repetative sound that clicks faster as I go faster. It also stops soon as any brake pressure is applied to it, it has done it ever since the week after i got it- I thought it was the auto hubs- so I swithced em out with manual- it stopped for a week then started right back up!!! I am getting frustrated as well.

Any help?

Sorry broncomania- don't know

Tom

I love Cops.

 

sounds like brake pads. are the little clips that hold them tight in there? if u just barely touch the brakes, and it goes away, that sounds to me like it is the problem. either the clips are missing, or you should apply brake quiet to the back of the pad, which makes it stick to the caliper, s it wont rattle between the caliper and the roter when not braking.


Dominic

"MUD BUCKET" 1984 bronco, 88 302, 32x11.5 , a true ******* in the riceboy heartland of north jersey

 

We replaced the brake pads when we got it, we have greased the whole brake assembly with the special high temp grease. We have taken the wheel off numerous times and inspected the brakes and it all looked perfect. I will try the brake quiet.
any more ideas?

TOm

I love Cops.

 

BRONCOMANIA, just a shot in the dark here, but have you checked for the notorious front crossmember clunk?

Pharaoh
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Yeah, got under and inspected the rivets to see if anything is chaffing or any sign of shifting, but no evidence of it.

if it has tits or wheels- it WILL give you problems

 

Every Ford truck I have owned clicked like you described and it was simply the center caps on the wheels. Sometimes even with the lug nuts tight the center cap will still move around enough to make that annoying click.

 

Had the same sound while turning. Changed the ball joints, all poly bushings and everything's tight. Then I was doing work on it with one of the other guys on this list (can't remember his screen name here) -and noticed a crack along the seam of where the steering box mounts. Welded it and the sound went away.

 

Uh-oh! what side of the box do they crack? I thought only chevy trucks had that problem. i changed ALL my tie-rod ends retightened my wheel brgs, rechecked my ball-joints and axle pivot bushings(new poly radius ones already)and its gotten better after the tie -rods BUT still has a little POP or THUMP going around a corner.
LEMME know where your crack was,I`ll start lookin(good thing i bought a miller welder)/wwwthreads_images/icons/smile.gif

 

On the outside of the frame at the very bottom. It didn't crack off the frame like the Chevys. The crack made it so the vertical part just flexed and slid over the horizontal part of the frame.

 

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