Is it's not a bad wheel bearing with else could it be?

knottyrope · Feb 8, 2018

took mine over 5000 miles to actually feel any play in it after it started to make noise

only two hours to replace the bearing assy which I bought on ebay for like 125

bobsuruncle · Feb 18, 2018

BamaToy1997 said: ↑

Sadly the classic "If you turn left and the noise goes away then it is the right bearing that is bad" is not always true. There are two conditions that occur. Sometimes, depending on the failure type, a loaded bearing getting quiet is because when under load, the stress point shifts slightly, taking the contact points on the bearing and moving them to a position where the bearing is not worn excessively. Other times when the load is taken OFF the bearing, the fact of the load being removed will make the noise go away because the load is no longer on the failed area of the bearing.

The best tests that I recommend is to lift the front tires off the ground by the subframe. (NOT the lower control arms. You want the suspension to "hang" under load) and spin the wheels by hand. Listen for anything other than a quiet rotation. Any noise typically will be due to a bad bearing. Second test is the wiggle test. Grasp the tire at 12 and 6 and wiggle. If there is movement, then the bearing is bad. The reason you lift the truck by the subframe and NOT the lower control arm is that by lifting on the subframe, the suspension is under load. This prevents a ball joint from allowing movement.
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Just figured this out as I took one side apart thinking it was the bad one, and come to find out it's fine. The other side was the source of my grinding noise. The side I thought was bad was just replaced 25k ago with a bama assembly, but wasn't sure if I torqued it right. Go figure it's the side that I haven't replaced yet and it appears to be OEM. It's the top assembly in the picture that's dry. 176k on the truck.
. Thanks again @BamaToy1997

Blandino · Feb 17, 2018

bobsuruncle said: ↑

Just figured this out as I took one side apart thinking it was the bad one, and come to find out it's fine. The other side was the source of my grinding noise. The side I thought was bad was just replaced 25k ago with a bama assembly, but wasn't sure if I torqued it right. Go figure it's the side that I haven't replaced yet and it appears to be OEM. 176k on the truck.
. Thanks again @BamaToy1997

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