Recent content by Johnny McGhee

I've removed the caliper brackets, cleaned the mounting pins and the pin sockets. Measured the wear on the pins and found .011" on all four pins and assume roughly the same in the pin sockets. I ordered new caliper assemblies and installed the new brackets and pins. And again no change. I...

When the rattle went from notable to overwhelming I was on a very long section of I-40 this past spring with horrible sections of pot holes. (like three hours) Both front tires were getting a beating. What about the front caliper mounting brackets and guide pins having excessive wear or even...

CdnHO, I've got a favorite large rubber mallet I use for that. I've about wore it and myself out beating every place I can hit and not cause damage. On the front tires I tried the mallet, then a 3 lb. then my 8 lb. with a medium swing. It appears to only do it with up and down motion or I...

Yes the banging is up and down oscillation, no wobble in the steering at all. My 97 Ram did it one time and I replaced everything. I'm still leaning to shocks but I will take a close look at the tie rod and track bar first today. BTW, I looked through your build thread. I'll go back...

gprguy, thank you for responding. Although I agree that cupping or any type of tire imbalance could cause this, This only happens when the tires go over some kind of bump. The faster the truck is going the smaller the bump that is needed to make this noise. On a extremely smooth road 70mph...

The truck is a 2021 Dynamax Isata 5 class C motorhome. It weighs just under 20K and now has just over 7000 miles on it. The only suspension modifications are front air ride and front Rancho shocks, both installed by Dynamax. What started out as a barely noticeable rattle in less than 1000...