04 Expedition Front end Noise?

Noise from front?... gets louder with increase in speed?... likely a bad front wheel hub.

If you steer (safely), at speed, left or right and noise diminishes, the bad hub is toward the direction you steer.

Clicking Noise From Left Front Tire Area - F150online Forums

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Aug 11, 2001 - I have a clicking type noise comming from the left front tire. It does not ... I can really hear it when I'm driving beside a sound wall or the side of a building. ... the sound. (Yeah right!) ... Almost forgot: 1999 Ford F150 XLT Supercab 5.4 4X4. ... My 2000 4X4 had a ting ting noise coming from the left front wheel. Intermitent Grinding Noise on 2004 F150 4x4 - Page 5
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One or more of your tires are no good.
How to check this is : hard to explain.. but will try.. Rub your hand on top the tire... If you are on the passenger side of car rub them counterclockwise and drivers side clockwise... If the tread is bumpy, it will make that noise... If the treads are smooth, then the tire or tires ar o.k.

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Suggest you jack the truck up and support it on the frame. Then have someone get in and start and turn the wheel slowly in both directions. Also take a close look for rub signs in the wheel wells, if the tires are bigger than recommended, they could rub when turning tightly.

lower control arm / ball joint, had same trouble with my work beater

Sounds like front wheel bearing or CV joint (constant velocity joint) - get it in before warranty runs out - they are not cheap!

If the noise is only when the vehicle is moving it sounds lek you have a bad wheel bearing. You can inspect ford move ment or play shaking the tires up and down and left to right while lifted up on hoist or jack. If there is no movement doesn't necesarily mean the bearings are okay, however if there is movement in bearing replace and drive again. Antoher way to determine Which wheel bearing is bad is to drive and turn to the left, if the noise gets louder than it mens the rightside wheel bearung is bad. If you turn to the right and noise gets louder replace driver side front wheel bearing. Also Rub your hands across your tires, does it feel wavy or uneven, you could have cupped tires, I DON'T KNOW HOW NEW THEY are but cupped tires will also make this noise. One way to see if it is the tires is to do a rotate If noise changes at all then you no its a tire causing noise. Hope this helps.

that sounds to me like your brake pads may be dragging or your wheel bearing is shot

SEE IF YOU CAN BLOW SOME COMPRESSED AIR INTO THE FAN UP UNDER THE DASH..SOMETIMES PAPER OR TRASH CAN GET IN THERE..ITS EASY AND FREE TO TRY BEFORE A MECHANIC TRIES TO SELL YOU SOMETHING YOU DONT NEED