Jerking/rocking feel when coming to a stop

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BigWurmHerm

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Not sure where exactly to post this, so I'll try here. In the past week or so, when I come to a stop, just a normal stop, I feel a jerking motion. Feels like the truck is rocking forward. The truck has 33k miles with mostly highway miles, little off-roading(per previous owner), so I don't think it would be the suspension. Brakes & rotors look good. Maybe the transmission? I've heard the timing with the stock Ford software was kinda wonky. I did a search on the forum and couldn't find anything. Anything helps, thanks!
 

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if its rythmical, its usually the rotors. not sure how you checked them, but you can get the resurfaced to try.

You'll usually feel a pulsing through the brake pedal if a rotor is warped. What he described sounds more like a torque converter not coming out of lock up when coming to a stop.

One way to eliminate the torque converter is to put the trans in neutral before applying the brakes and coming to a stop. If it stops normal, its a drive train issue. if you still get a pulsing or jerking while braking, it sounds like the brake system problem like a rotor
 
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You'll usually feel a pulsing through the brake pedal if a rotor is warped. What he described sounds more like a torque converter not coming out of lock up when coming to a stop.

One way to eliminate the torque converter is to put the trans in neutral before applying the brakes and coming to a stop. If it stops normal, its a drive train issue. if you still get a pulsing or jerking while braking, it sounds like the brake system problem like a rotor

I know the warped rotor feeling and it doesn't feel like that at all. Ill try putting it neutral tomorrow and see if that does anything. Ill report back.
 

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You'll usually feel a pulsing through the brake pedal if a rotor is warped. What he described sounds more like a torque converter not coming out of lock up when coming to a stop.

One way to eliminate the torque converter is to put the trans in neutral before applying the brakes and coming to a stop. If it stops normal, its a drive train issue. if you still get a pulsing or jerking while braking, it sounds like the brake system problem like a rotor

Is that how you test a torque converter in general?
 

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Are you talking about that slight springy feeling the first few seconds after a complete stop where the truck seems to rocks back and forth?
 

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Are you talking about that slight springy feeling the first few seconds after a complete stop where the truck seems to rocks back and forth?

that's how I read the post, and my truck has done that since brand spanking new with 39 miles on the odometer. It's not violent or a whole lot or even very noticeable, but enough that I can pick it up compared to my non-raptor trucks I've owned, and it used to drive me nuts till I got used to it. Probably changed how I come to a stop a little bit to make it do it less. I would also be able to hear fuel slosh in the tank a little bit if it was quiet enough.
 

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Do you kinda get it when you start too? With a slight chirp and almost a bit of feeling as though something was bound up and releases?
 
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