2014 2500 6.7L Rattle in Frontend

[nukegm]

jgruberman - thanks for letting us know how it ended up. many threads end up with no conclusion. which can be irritating. good wrenching by you by the way. cheers!

 

[jgruberman]

jgruberman - thanks for letting us know how it ended up. many threads end up with no conclusion. which can be irritating. good wrenching by you by the way. cheers!

And you as well! I always like to think of the next guy who finds this looking for a solution and he'll never know if one was found. *IMPORTANT TIP GUY WHO FOUND THIS THREAD LATER* --- If you press the U-joints in for both sides at the same time, make sure you know which side is which! I got the passenger side all back together tire back on jacked down and discovered I put the wrong axle in. Good laugh now that it's over, was pissed at the time

 

[DonFitzwater]

These U-Joints are junk. I've yet to have a 4th generation Ram make it to 75k without them being shot. They start by binding. The symptom will feel like the truck is in 4x4 when it's not. Your wheel will jerk around in corners just like you are in 4x4. After they get worse, you get what the OP has shown. My current truck just got new ones at 48k miles. My old Dana 60's got 100k no problem but these new AAM axles with the larger joints don't last as long and why I don't know. You'd think with the size of the components they' last forever. Perhaps its the quality of the joints?

 

[gsbrockman]

These U-Joints are junk. I've yet to have a 4th generation Ram make it to 75k without them being shot. They start by binding. The symptom will feel like the truck is in 4x4 when it's not. Your wheel will jerk around in corners just like you are in 4x4. After they get worse, you get what the OP has shown. My current truck just got new ones at 48k miles. My old Dana 60's got 100k no problem but these new AAM axles with the larger joints don't last as long and why I don't know. You'd think with the size of the components they' last forever. Perhaps its the quality of the joints?

Conversely.....my front axle u-joints had 268,791 miles on them at replacement. I’ll interject that I ONLY replaced them as I was replacing my unit bearings (also OEM at 268,791 miles). When they were being removed, ALL of the cups had grease intact.

So no......they’re not ALL “junk”.

 

[DonFitzwater]

Conversely.....my front axle u-joints had 268,791 miles on them at replacement. I’ll interject that I ONLY replaced them as I was replacing my unit bearings (also OEM at 268,791 miles). When they were being removed, ALL of the cups had grease intact.

So no......they’re not ALL “junk”.

Do you run in 4x4 much? I do. About 6 months of the year. I roll it into 4x4 in october and if I'm lucky, out in March or April. The same is done with my Dana in the 95 and at 160k, it's had one set at 146k miles. I don't offroad either (very little anyway)

 

[Austin Diesel]

dont forget hub bearings to freshen em up also mine had a rough road rattle with low miles from off road use there was excessive clearance and vibrtation at speed too

austin diesel