2020 front driveshaft clunk

[fjcanepa07]

Hey guys, Iv been trying to track down this noise for awhile now. Been in and out of dealers. Went on a road test with another technician today and he said he thinks my front drive shaft is bad. I get this weird clunk whenever I’m in stop and go traffic. Let off pedal get back on pedal and then “clunk”. See my video and see what you guys think? I feel like it shouldn’t be making that metal clunk noise. I’m pretty sure this is noise.

 

[flan]

A little backlash is expected. The front driveshaft does not really come into play during 2wd driving. There was a recent Post about the dragging clunking, maybe look into that.

 

[fjcanepa07]

What do you mean dragging clunking?

 

[oppizzippo]

Maybe this: https://hdrams.com/forum/index.php?threads/2022-3500-front-driveshaft-replacement.14635/

 

[dieselscout80]

As the yoke on the pinion is rotating too it looks like excessive backlash in the front differential specifically in the pinion preload. If it uses a pinion crush sleeve is used to set preload, maybe it was crushed to the point it collapsed.

 

[fjcanepa07]

Yeah I’m wondering if that is my issue. The clunk is so annoying to have to hear and deal with in stop and go traffic…

 

[flan]

What do you mean dragging clunking?

That was supposed to say draglink clunking.

Here’s the thread

Draglink clunk?

Hey everyone, for about 2 years I have been searching for this really annoying clunk noise, I took it to another dealership for a second opinion and they found that I have play in my draglink. Unsure of where but I did take a video of me rotating the bar and it makes this awful ass clunk. It...

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[fjcanepa07]

Yeah that’s my other post haha. That didn’t fix the problem. Now I am at this point and technician is thinking my front drive shaft is bad. Idk. It’s a super big ass inconvenience for me and my wife because when I drop off the vehicle we only have 1 car. It’s affecting my work schedule