Hi. I have a 2014 ford f150 and i've been having an ongoing issue with it here recently. I had both front cv axels replaced because i had seen where the boot on the passenger side was ripped so i just went ahead and had both replaced. Also, I had both front hub bearings replaced. Not long after doing so, I noticed it started to make a loud vibration in the steering. I thought maybe one of the axels were bad so I sent them back and bought new ones again, but that didn't fix the issue either. Then i noticed the second replacement axel on the driver side was missing a c clip. So, I bought a c clip from Ford and surprisingly after putting it on, the noise went away for almost 2 days. Then, later on the second day when i was out driving it started making the same vibration noise. For some reason i thought about engaging 4 wheel drive then putting it back in 2 wheel drive and when I done so the vibration went away. So, long story short, my theory is that one of the 4x4 acuators are bad. If someone could let me know a solution I would really appreciate it.
Wow you got all that noise after you change the axles I'm assuming the whole thing is acts are related and I hope you didn't buy cheaper axles that had problems like they're not the right size cuz then I could wear the inside of the transmission too
No, thankfully I did buy good ones. and it said it was specifically for that truck. They came from Detroit axel. My uncle mechanic that's been doing the work on it said he noitced when he engaged it in 4x4 lo, he could hear where the front passenger side delayed when it was trying to engage. So, he is thinking that the front passenger side actuator could be bad.