I've owned the Bronco for 3 months now, and this has happened 5-6 times now. Every once in a while, when i'm slowing down, I hear a grinding/grating noise from the front end (it sounds like its the front axle). While i'm moving the last few feet, and applying the brakes, theres a violent THUMPTHUMPTHUMP (accompanied with that same grinding) that i feel through the entire truck from the front end. This usually happens a couple of times during my trip, then quits for a few weeks. Yesterday I checked the gear oil. I've changed gear oil before, and I thought it was supposed to look and feel kinda like tar. This stuff looked like 10w-30. So whats up? Is something out of alignment? Has my front axle gone bad? Or is it just the gear oil?
May 29, 2009 at 5:13 AM
