Already had dealer and a specialty shop check out the entire truck. No issues or anything like that.
They already sent me a return label for it. Don’t know what the outcome will be with it, but we will see.
Driveshaft went on at 3,676 miles and Predator went on at 5,784 miles. I now have 7,000 miles on the truck. So you think the driveshaft is the issue?
Not so much rattling, but metal on metal tinny sounds. It’s very pronounced and annoying. My wife who is clueless asked me what that noise is because it is very noticeable.
Local dealer installed the Predator for me and I had a specialty shop check it over, remove it and trim more of the AC bracket away from the Predator just in case the pulley was hitting. Still makes noise. My service advisor is awesome! He has a 1,500 HP Charger Hellcat and has been very helpful in trying to see where all the noise is coming from. My dealer also installed my Alcon brakes and Ripa driveshaft. They even took the driveshaft off at the request of Steven Ripa in order to make sure the needle bearings were seated properly. My dealer’s best master tech has done all the work on my TRX so far. I really am very thankful for all they have done for me so far.
He will “inspect it” (and won’t know wtf he is looking at) and then say its your fault. Then he will contact the actual maker of it for guidance and they will tell him its his warranty now because he put a Ripa-Me-Off decal on it. He won’t warranty anything so I hope you used a credit card
Yes, of course I used a credit card. He guarantees it against clunking, but let’s see if he warranties it for abnormal noises. My stock driveshaft was perfectly quiet. No issues. I should have just left it alone.
There should’ve been no need to shave anything after the initial install if there was no signs of where on the belt or on the predator
Tell me about the suspension clunk. I recently developed a pop of some kind that feels like it’s coming from the driver side strut area. I also have the Eibach level kit.
I agree. I was being over cautious. Let’s hope it’s the driveshaft.
If you had a stock driveshaft, that would probably not be my first guess, but because you have aftermarket and its making a sound that is likely speed related then I would definitely put my eggs in that basket over the predator based on what you’ve told us so far
Yeah, based on what I’m being told here, my first step is to go back to the stock driveshaft and to re-test a few WOT runs to see if that noise went away. That noise was never there until the predator was installed so I don’t know what to think. We will see once the stock driveshaft goes back on the truck.
Swapped out the Ripa driveshaft today for the stock one and noise that I was having driveshaft wise is gone. It’s nice and quiet now, thankfully. I am still however getting that high pitch whine from the FAS pulley. Nico at FAS has been great! He said he is going to send me a replacement next week when he gets his next batch completed. I will swap pulleys and report back. Hopefully that high pitch dentist drill sound will be gone once I swap the pulley out. If not, then I have some serious harmonics going on in my engine bay.
I was running 91 with the pulley and AFE intake for ~3 weeks no issues. I ended up getting tuned since I added more mods.
Give it a week or 2 to adjust fuel tables
