Clicking noise when reversing and turning right, and new strange sound

Recently i replaced my wheel bearing assembly on my front driver side on my 2015 2x4 DC
after replacing it everything was working fine except that i noticed i heard a clunk/click sound when i was reversing and turning to the right to back out of my driveway. recently there has been a new development and a sound that resembles a light sanding noise, almost similar to what i would imagine the brake pads sticking closed on the rotor while at speed. its not a loud noise, but it is noticeable. when listening closely with the windows down. in addition, i can hear a small grinding (i dont know if that the right descriptive term, its more like a strain/squeal i hear and feel in while turning the wheel. this leads me to think its something wrong in steering column/ rack and pinion system, but im unsure and trying to diagnose the problem.
any help or insight would be much appreciated.

basically i changed the complete wheel bearing assembly, it drove fine for a day, then i hear a slight sound that concerns me, and im wondering if this new problem that seems to now reside in the steering column was a result of some stress from driving with a bad bearing?

i just want to clarify, the problem i experienced with the bad wheel bearing was a completely different experience/symptoms than what im feeling now which seems to be related to steering. could there be anything i did wrong when i installed the wheel bearing that would cause this? im pretty confident it was a straight-forward repair with no errors.

once again, your thoughts are so appreciated. im going nuts wondering if im going to have to drop big $$$$$ to get this fixed or if i can do it myself and save some money.

 

Does the clunk/click only happen once?
Or all the time.

When my LCA Bolt came loose it would clunk.
Usually when in reverse and in a hard turn.
Strangely enough, it was my passenger side.

If it’s all the time, then you’ll probably need the help of a buddy.
Go slow, look, and listen.


The grinding sound could be the brake disc backing plate.
It’s easy to bend when doing bearings. It could be rubbing the rotor.
Crawl under and take a look.

 

It only happens once, its not constant. Thank you so much for your reply. i will check out your other advice about the grinding sound.
thanks again.

 

Did you put a new spring and fresh brake grease on the BACK side of the pads when you changed the bearing?

 

new spring? not sure what this is refering to, im sorry i dont know whole lot. i didnt see any springs when replacing the wheel bearings, i bought a complete, assembled unit,
https://www.dormanproducts.com/p-89285-950-004.aspx

i cleaned off the backing that this mounts too, tried to make it as flush of a fitting as possible. it seemed to go on snug, no problem, and when i a drove it around, i had no problems until about 24 hours later, which i noticed when i was backing out of my driveway on several occasions now. this now seems steering related which makes me wonder if stressed/broke some components when i drove (maybe 5 miles total) with a noticeably bad bearing (speeds never exceeding 45 mph)

 

Clunk could be pads slapping if the spring isn't keeping them tight and grinding could be pads loose that are dragging.

 

if you could elaborate a bit more about where these springs are, i would really appreciate that, i have a feeling youre right that its just something rubbing, thats what the noise really sounds like, not grinding, but rubbing metal to metal.

 

The spring is the metal wire between the pads in the pic. If you cleaned off the old grease from the back of the pads, you need to put fresh grease to help the pads stick to calipers. Without the spring, the pads are lose in there bouncing around

(Don't goop on the grease like in the pick, that's just an old calipers I had on the shelf to show you the spring )

 

very intersting, and i have not done that. i will try and grease them tomorrow in addition to the other suggestion and reprt back if ive had any success. i sure hope this works. this has been the first set of problems that the tacoma has thrown at me after 5 years of faithful service, hopefully its something minor

 

I actually did a brake upgrade on my truck today, forgot I took some pics. see the spring and the light coat of red grease on the back of the pads.

 

Springs are like $3 at O'Reilly's

 

i did my breaks about a month ago, ive installed the springs, theyre still there. i think this is more steering column related.

 

Driving on a bad bearing won't damage anything in the steering column or rack. So I don't think you have to worry about that. To me it sounds like weak spring, maybe put on on the top and bottom pins on the pads and make sure you have good fresh grease on the back of the pads. My next suspicion is maybe you changed the wrong wheel bearing or had more than one bad bearing. How did you determine that one was bad? Also you mentioned that you worked on the brakes a month ago? Did you just replace the pads or what all did you replace?

 

Out of curiosity, do you lube the pins?
Some guys do some don’t.
Some guys even use 2 springs on each pad set.

I get a little pad slap, but it’s from going forward/ reverse with the brakes applied.
It’s the pads shifting up/down. It’s just the nature of floating pads.

 

On this set I used one spring and seems to work fine. In the past sometimes I've had to use 2 springs. No, do not put brake grease on the pins. If you do that your fighting yourself. The grease isn't really for lube, it keeps the back of the pad tacky against the Piston so no gap opens up. If you get a gap, you get a clap think of it like the pad sits between a spring and a balloon, the grease helps stick the back of the pad to the balloon as it deflates, the spring helps push the pad against the balloon.

I also put a dab of brake grease between the shim and pad to help it stay clamped.

 

For me, I usually put antiseize on the pins.

 

With that kind of stuff I've gotten good luck with jacking th truck up and wiggling things. Just an easy suggestion.

 

Thanks to everyone for the help, i ended up actually greasing the backs of the break pads and it not only solved the problem of the grinding noise, but it seems to have also solved the clicking when i turn the wheel and reverse. never imagined such a small thing could make such a difference! taco is back to driving flawless