Rear shock bolt worked loose

[nate237]

FYI, I had a weird rattle in the back end on my 22 Lariat Tremor. Had one of my kids bounce it up and down and I discovered the lower mounting bolt on the driver side rear shock was flat out loose and moving. Not sure if not properly torqued at the factory or what, but I don't see any type of threadlocker on it. I snugged it up tonight and will hit it with some tomorrow.

Anyway, just thought I'd give everyone something to look at if they were under their trucks.

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[myothercarizahearse]

When I replaced my back shocks there was a loose nut under the truck and also the bottom bolt on the passenger side shock was loose. there was an occasional thunk that went away afterwards. I always thought it was just junk in the bed

 

[GitRDone]

Good to know, I am getting a clunk in the back on rough pavement which I thought was my receiver hitch. After removing it, no change. Time to check the shock bolts.

 

[GitRDone]

I checked and my shock bolts were tight, however
my spare tire was a bit loose so I tightened it up. I recently installed new tires and reckon that may have happened when they serviced the spare.

 

[P. A. Schilke]

FYI, I had a weird rattle in the back end on my 22 Lariat Tremor. Had one of my kids bounce it up and down and I discovered the lower mounting bolt on the driver side rear shock was flat out loose and moving. Not sure if not properly torqued at the factory or what, but I don't see any type of threadlocker on it. I snugged it up tonight and will hit it with some tomorrow.

Anyway, just thought I'd give everyone something to look at if they were under their trucks.

Hi Nathan,

Please file a formal complaint with Ford Customer Care. This should not have happened to a stock truck....

best,
Phil

 

[GitRDone]

Update on clunk in rear: Still there after tightening up the spare tire. Upon further inspection, I found the support chain for the spare tire was unsecured and thrashng about. Probably should have deployed the spare and properly secured it, but I took the lazy route and hooked one end of a short bungee cord to the chain and the other end to a frame rail. No more weird noises, so calling it fixed.

 

[HMG03]

I had the same issue recently, but I just took it to the dealership instead of crawling under the truck myself.

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