clunking noise going down road

Asked by mountainrat Jun 20, 2019 at 03:24 PM about the 2004 Dodge Dakota SLT 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Just replaced rotors and brakes along with cv axil on left front. Now have a loud clunking/grinding noise when going down the road and gets louder when accelerate.

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Hornet_2497 answered 5 years ago

Remove a wheel and look for shiny rub marks on all rotating metal parts to determine what's grinding before there's damage. Make sure your caliper pins are tight. Even if it's assembled right, there might be clearance problems (rust) with the new parts.

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