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After my panic stop on Monday I've noticed a very slight squeak in the brakes when rolling at low speeds, and since it was time to rotate the tires I figured it was a good time to have a look at the brakes. They're all getting to the replace-me point, but I didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
While it was on the jack stands I crawled under with my big pry-bar and pushed and pulled everything I could find, looking for something loose. Since I've had the truck there's been this nasty jackhammer sound coming from the rear- only when I'm sitting at a stoplight at idle. Something is loose and the vibration during that condition was making a terrible racket. Right about the time I was going to give up, not finding anything loose, I balled up a fist and smacked the fuel tank skid plate. Hmmmm, that sounds familiar. Sure enough, one corner was loose, causing the whole skid plate to resonate when that certain vibration was present.
Fixed.
While it was on the jack stands I crawled under with my big pry-bar and pushed and pulled everything I could find, looking for something loose. Since I've had the truck there's been this nasty jackhammer sound coming from the rear- only when I'm sitting at a stoplight at idle. Something is loose and the vibration during that condition was making a terrible racket. Right about the time I was going to give up, not finding anything loose, I balled up a fist and smacked the fuel tank skid plate. Hmmmm, that sounds familiar. Sure enough, one corner was loose, causing the whole skid plate to resonate when that certain vibration was present.
Fixed.