rocky61201
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Just bought my son a used 97 Ranger for his 18yo bday. I've got an intermittent braking problem usually happens going downhill or medium/hard stops. Loud clanking coming from the back. While parked with parking brake on I can rock the truck back and forth and observe the rear axle (pinion angle) rotating up and down a couple inches either way. I can grab ahold of the driveshaft and can't wiggle it in any direction so the U-Joint seems to be ok and surviving what's going on. I suspect worn shocks and/or leaf springs. I'm going to replace shocks 1st and see if that solves the problem and if not replace the leafs. Anybody experience this before and what solved it? I'm hoping just the shocks will fix the problem.
This is a 97 extra cab 4x2 with 175k miles.
This is a 97 extra cab 4x2 with 175k miles.