Here is the link to the video for all the others: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I8i3gzQCb4

 

Mine has about the same amount of play Eric and I also have been investigating a small clunk at slow speeds. Thanks for the video!

 

inspect your front body mount under front of cab

 

Thanks guys.
I did all the tie rod ends, sway bar bushings, drop links and while in there, replaced the factory steering damper with a Bilstein.

I basically found that the tie rod ends, the drag link bushing and the drop links, all had some play in them - some worse than others. Everything is real tight now, and no more clunking.

Not too difficult a repair either with a pickle fork on an air hammer. I marked the lengths of the arms on my garage floor, put the new ends on, use the marks, and reinstalled - no alignment needed.

 

looks like Ford OEM parts ?

 

Awesome and thanks for the update. My 08 isn’t a daily driver but I take it for a spin when I can so I don’t get horribly annoyed.... until I take that spin - a few hundred miles usually. Smooth highway and I get no clunk or vibration but slight divets and I’m quickly reminded of the work needing to be done.

I’ll likely tackle the same items you’ve listed.

Were you able to find a front end ‘kit’ of sorts? Rock auto recently stopped supplying doorman parts due to dormant demands of ‘electronic pricing agreements’ and the only complete kit I was able to find during a quick search was that of doorman - now offered by another site for what I thought to be quite expensive. I plan to call rock auto and see if they can piece a ‘kit’ together for me and possibly apply a discount but I’m not holding my breath.

Thanks again


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I did all OEM, and got all the parts individually, not in a kit. I think Moog has a kit, and with Moog I think you get grease fittings. I have no clue if Moog is better, on par or worse than OEM.

I got:
Outer Tie Rod, RIGHT HC3Z-3A131-B
Inner Tie Rod, RIGHT HC3Z-3A131-H
Outer Tie Rod, LEFT HC3Z-3A131-D
Center Link AC3Z-3304-B
Drop Links 7C3Z-5K483-A
Stabilizer Bar Bushings 7C3Z-5484-K

and BSN-24-196284 STEERING STABILIZER

Mine is a 2009 F250 4x4

 

You da man. Thanks for the list of part numbers. Not sure if the parts vary from 08 to 09 -I’m 08 - but I’ll certainly check.


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Bah I am thinking about just popping for the MOOG kit Front Steering Rebuild Kit | Ford F250 | Moog

Not sure I need all that but just about at 100k and all front suspension parts look stock. While I'm there I am going to do the pitman and idler arms and possible the steering box if I don't find much slop in the pitman/idler/anywhere else. I have a decent amount of play going down the road and while at a stand still.

Will try to remember to update as Eric kindly did.