Apparently I can't do that, Michael said it keeps the bearings together
and things would go flying off. I don't like it when things go flying
off, if I wanted wheels to fly off I'd buy a Ford Focus. j/k. ;)
I'm going to experiment with this metal-backed silicone gasket thing.
It'll be here Thursday, we'll see how it works. Hopefully well. I'm
replacing the idler arm/pitman arm/tirerods/tierod sleeves at the same
time, so that'll take one more possible source of noise in the front end
out of the equation. The new tires I can put on afterward will help too,
the ones on there are shot.
MattB
On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:27:44 -0400, jon wrote:
>
> Not a bad idea, but he should check first to see if there is an
> axle disconnect on his truck. I don't recall offhand if the Dakota used
> a CAD or not. If it did, I believe it was done away with at some point,
> as I don't think Ed's 2000 has one. Anyway, without a CAD, the only
> disconnect for the front end is in the transfer case, so everything will
> continue to spin.
>
> Also, since the Dak never had locking hubs AFAIK, the axles will
> continue to spin even if it did have a CAD, so if its an axle problem,
> that might not be enough to stop the noise since they will still be
> spinning.
>
> Does it do it all the time, or only on turns, etc.? Does it need
> to be under load? Building on Matt's idea, As long as a load or turning
> is not required, you may want to put the truck up on jackstands and let
> it idle in gear. At least that way you can go around the truck while it
> is "moving".
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