MY 2000 250 SUPERDUTY IS MAKING A BAD CRACKLING NOISE IN FRONT DRIVERS SIDE, ANYONE KNOW WHAT THIS COULD BE OR HAD THE SAME ON THERES???? I AM HOPING TO TAKE CARE OF IT MYSELF AND NOT TAKING IT TO DEALER UNLESS MAJOR FIX.


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2000 F-250 SuperDuty SC,SB,4x4, 6.8L V-10 auto.3:73 gears, SUPERCHIP, Tech style tonneau cover, back country chrome step bars, Goodyear 305x70x16 ATS tires www/angelfire.com/rock/nFiredude/Firedude26's

 

I say to try and narrow down just where this noise is coming from. Do you hear it: When stopped and engine is in park, stopped and engine in gear, just when you're driving down the road??? Does it sound like an engine noise, a drivetrain noise or more like something stuck in the fenderwells or something wrapped around the axles or stuck in the wheels????

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2k F250 CC SWB 4x2 6 speed Diesel XLT Super Duty, Woodland Green
Power Mirrors, 3.73 LS, Captains Chairs, ARE tonneau top, rear privacy glass
TT Pkg, Class IV hitch, sliding rear window, running boards, mud flaps
265/75/16 AS OWL tires, am/fm/cassette/cd, rechargable MagLite
Clarion APA 5240 amp, Memphis speakers:Components front, 5x7 rear, 10"sub
SuperChip, Stepshields, Ventshields on windows, rubber bed mat
rugged liner bedliner on tailgate, quick disconnect jumper cables
unaFORDable (decal on tailgate)

 

It sounds like a crackling sound on the left front wheel assy, like the tie rod or sway bar. I had my oil changed and greased yesterday and the noise seemed to be a little better, not so freuquent.

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2000 F-250 SuperDuty SC,SB,4x4, 6.8L V-10 auto.3:73 gears, SUPERCHIP, Tech style tonneau cover, back country chrome step bars, Goodyear 305x70x16 ATS tires www/angelfire.com/rock/nFiredude/Firedude26's

 

Not sure if this is your problem, but some of the SD folks over on Edmunds have found yellow plastic shipping shims in front springs/suspension that should heve been removed before delivery. Good Luck

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2000 F-150, XLT, SPORT 4X4, BRIGHT RED/DARK GRAPHITE, SUPER CAB,
SHORT BED, 5.4L, AUTO, 3:55LS, TOW PACKAGE, HD COOLING/ELECT, SKID PLATES
SPORT CLOTH SIX WAY POWER CAPTAIN'S CHAIRS, CONSOLE, SINGLE CD,
CRUISE,ESOF,REMOTE KEYLESS, FORD SNAPLESS TONNEAU COVER, FORD BEDLINER,
FORD MOLDED SPLASH GUARDS, FORD BODY COLOR CABSTEPS,
MODS: CATCH ALL FRONT MATS, LUND DEFLECTOR, FORD VENT SHADES,
GIBSON SWEPTSIDE CATBACK,
K&N GENII FIPK,
FORD HITCH COVER

NEXT: SUPERCHIP!!

 

NO not those i took them out in dealer service center when i picked it up and most of the dealers dont even know that they are there.
thanks

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2000 F-250 SuperDuty SC,SB,4x4, 6.8L V-10 auto.3:73 gears, SUPERCHIP, Tech style tonneau cover, back country chrome step bars, Goodyear 305x70x16 ATS tires www/angelfire.com/rock/nFiredude/Firedude26's

 

Noises besides the slapping springs?


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-IKE

2000 F-250 SuperDuty Crew Cab 4x4

"My graduation present to myself!"

Go Boilers!!
1999 Graduate -Purdue University
"Close by the Wabash, in famed Hoosier land..."
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sorry no spring slapping here, something else ,

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2000 F-250 SuperDuty SC,SB,4x4, 6.8L V-10 auto.3:73 gears, SUPERCHIP, Tech style tonneau cover, back country chrome step bars, Goodyear 305x70x16 ATS tires www/angelfire.com/rock/nFiredude/Firedude26's

 

It sounds like you have the same problem I had with my 99 F-250 Super Duty Super Cab 4X4. I had a popping noise under the passenger side floorboard. The dealer replaced the front springs and sway bar to no avail. They then discovered the the cab mount welds had broken because the were just spot welds. The dealer then welded all the the cab mounts fully. I have had no reoccurance of the problem since. I believe there is a TSB out on this problem.

 

sorry i also have that problem to, but this noise is on LEFT SIDE, not right. i think it might be the sway bar bushings.

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2000 F-250 SuperDuty SC,SB,4x4, 6.8L V-10 auto.3:73 gears, SUPERCHIP, Tech style tonneau cover, back country chrome step bars, Goodyear 305x70x16 ATS tires www/angelfire.com/rock/nFiredude/Firedude26's

 

Sorry that didn't help. I have read articles where the cab mount welds broke on both the Left Side and Right Side. It was not limited to just one side. They also replaced my bushings first and that didn't help either. Keep us posted on your Cat Back Exhaust system. I have the V-10 and I would be interested in what system you put on.

[This message has been edited by Dawgcatcher (edited 08-10-2000).]

 

THANKS DAWGCATHER, but as forthe exhaust im still not sure what to do until i hear one. i have gotten to many different replys on that subject. i did talk to a local tuffy dealer and he will put one on for $230.00, cat back with a aftermarket type of flowmaster on it, he says it sounds real deep when you accelerate and he will save my original. i have noticed that since i installed the k&n air filter the exhaust has gotten a little deeper. well if you ge any other info i would greatly appreciate it.

thanks FIREDUDE26

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2000 F-250 SuperDuty SC,SB,4x4, 6.8L V-10 auto.3:73 gears, SUPERCHIP, Tech style tonneau cover, back country chrome step bars, Goodyear 305x70x16 ATS tires www/angelfire.com/rock/nFiredude/Firedude26's

 

Had the same problem eventually myself, turned out there was a TSB 99-16-03 to replace "front spring tip isolator(s)." Revised spring tip isolator YC3Z-5586-AA which are white in color.

Sorry about the time difference from original post, just saw it and thought this might be good info for those looking at the archives.



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-IKE

2000 F-250 SuperDuty Crew Cab 4x4

"My graduation present to myself!"

Go Boilers!!
1999 Graduate -Purdue University
"Close by the Wabash, in famed Hoosier land..."
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Had the same problem on my '99' 250 SD SC W/V10. It was the sway bar bushing. They had a TSB on the problem, it fixed it. Still have squeaky front springs at certain times. Have had new inserts,etc. But still get squeaks every now and then, seems like one of those 'Nature of the beast' things.

 

I had the same creaking noise in my Y2K F-250 SC 4x4. I had the white spring isolators put in to no avail. My problem was solved after I had Ford install a new set of front springs under warranty. I've got the snowplow package with the X springs on the front suspension. Ford has updated these springs with a new design. I had them installed in Nov. 2000, and the front end has been quiet since.

 

You might want to read this.....

http://forums.ford-diesel.com/ubb/Fo...ML/003414.html

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2001 F250 SD SC SB 4x4 V10 Lariat
1989 Mustang Drag car