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I have 1998 ford explorer eddie bauer edition 5.0 all wheel drive.. it started with a really bad whinning noise it actually sounded like big mudd grips while driving now it has turned into feeling like i have a flat and is clunking when i turn it certain ways and when i put it in reverse and back strait up the clunking gets even worse please help

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Making noise when you turn is usually the CV joints in the front trans axles

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