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I wouldn't say the lube totally cured it, but it helped a great deal. I recently had the brakes done (pads, rotors, both axles) and when I got it back the low speed squeaking started - so I suspected they had not lubed the slides or pad surfaces well enough or at all. I went back on this trip and had a can of purple ceramic permatex ready to use on the steering wheel. They did (I can see it) and I am convinced it helped a bunch. Now, I get a very slight squeak for just a second or two when slowing starting out - disappears at speeds above 5-10 mph.

Recently - Had a coolant flush done. Today - New spark plugs, serpentine belt, and had the brake pad slides lubed for some low speed squeaks. At 90.5K just following the proactive maintenance path versus the deferred.

He is good for a laugh, but yes - I run synthetic filters (amsoil) and top quality engine oil in all of my engines. Good quality fluids are cheap insurance in the long run. He has another video on air filters that is also an interesting watch. I mostly get some amusement out of his props.

Jamin explains - with science... Engine oil filters and stuff.

There is definitely knowledge here - but I haven't seen many audio enthusiasts pop up yet. I was more into it as a younger person, now I am more about a quality listening experience I can live with. Best of luck.

Some of the 19-24 PTUs have the drain plug and some do not. This topic has been discussed previously and seems to generate a fair amount of interest every time it comes up. I have already expressed my feelings toward ford on this topic (they were less than positive) so I will refrain from adding them again here. It is fair to say two things on this topic - 1.) These transfer cases are poor engineering decisions on a couple of levels. 2.) Specifically - not ONE of these products should have ever rolled off the assembly line without a drain and fill plug on a gear box.

I used crutchfield as a way to source information and options. You may find some useful help there.

With enough money anything is possible. What you need is someone who knows their aftermarket sound really well in order to get the results you want. I haven't seen much discussion about that topic on this forum but will admit I haven't looked for it either. For me, the B&O system is pretty acceptable for an OE application and I decided it was enough for me. At least it isn't a sh*tty BOSE setup like so many GM vehicles have been using for years. I hated those things in every GM product I drove.

Not today - but recently - Restore and protect oil change #2 with an amsoil filter - evac and refill with amsoil severe gear for the ptu - brake flush - and BG44k fuel injector system cleaner. At 86k I am trying the maintain and fix strategy as a cheaper alternative to buying new.

That press release looks to me like they planned to relabel they BG44K in the Ford branded package. I can vouch for the 44K stuff in the 2.7. Having used it, the stuff is legit.

Yeah, right now it is fairly easy to spot. As generative ai gets better and better I worry about being able to tell the difference at some point - and the 'test' becomes something like - can I find an actual person living at an actual address who appears in this video? When that becomes the way to tell real from generated - oh boy... What I would like to know is WHO thought I wanted ANY of this nonsense in the first place?!

More and more of this AI slop garbage showing up on youtube lately. It is super easy to generate and the title alone to me says it is clickbait someone is generating to drive their revenue stream from the platform. When I run across these things I block youtube from suggesting the channel again, but it is a wackamole game sadly.

My current edge has this problem and I am pretty sure it is a tire tread pattern issue with grooved pavement. The bridgestones I'm driving on came new with this car (used purchase) and they have three deep center channels that run the circumference of the tire. It is my theory that these channel edges catch the grooves and walk with them until they change direction leading to the 'walk back and forth' motion from the rear end. It is my belief that any tire with pronounced center channels will have this problem. I've driven the same grooved roads before with nokian tires and not experienced the same motion. This is my professional amateur pseudoscientific theory of tire drift on grooved pavement.

A sound that changes with speed and steering direction like that in my experience is usually a wheel bearing. One that loud should be pretty easy for a mechanic to find. Those will often lead to ABS sensor errors when they get really bad. Pretty common problem as a vehicle ages if that is what it is.

It sounds like the former owner(s) of this edge didn't believe in maintaining those parts. The front differential Ford calls the Power Transfer Unit (PTU) and has been notably harder to service when it lacks a drain plug. These can leak over time and either need to be replaced or have the seals replaced to repair them. Sometimes the seal replacement works sometimes not. Rear differential usually just needs to be replaced when it expires. The two problems are usually unrelated to each other. The bottom line is that both tend to be bigger jobs (more $) the last time I saw someone post a figure for the PTU it was around $1800 and the rear differential replacement I haven't seen anyone give a figure for but imagine it would be a similar amount or more. If this is in the budget you want a tech working on this who knows what they are doing and will stand behind their work. Sorry to hear about the trouble - good luck.