Front end growling when turning left
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Front end growling when turning left
A few weeks ago i got some new tires and alignment performed, shortly thereafter i noticed a growl coming from the front end on left turns, what seems like the passenger side. First thought was tire rub, looked and cant see any evidence of that. Thought to myself, well damn, its got to be the bearings then. Its been 4 yrs since I changed my bearings, every year i remove them and grease the needle bearing and thru the abs hole and have been doing fine, but that was 100k miles ago. Figured it must be time. Spent big $$$ on hubs and seals to do the job. When I removed the right front axle shaft i found this.
Some wearing on the bearing surface, just like last time. I used to work at a machine shop and still keep in contact and last time we welded it up with a hard alloy and machined, did the same this time as well, figured if it lasted 100k miles the two cases of beer it cost me were cheaper than the $900 that ford wants for new axle. I thought i had found my culprit and I reassembled everything. Went for a test drive. Dammit, still doing the same thing. That was a week ago and it still growls when making left turns only. What gives? Anyone have any insight on what to check next?
Some wearing on the bearing surface, just like last time. I used to work at a machine shop and still keep in contact and last time we welded it up with a hard alloy and machined, did the same this time as well, figured if it lasted 100k miles the two cases of beer it cost me were cheaper than the $900 that ford wants for new axle. I thought i had found my culprit and I reassembled everything. Went for a test drive. Dammit, still doing the same thing. That was a week ago and it still growls when making left turns only. What gives? Anyone have any insight on what to check next?
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No. Only rough spot i saw was on the axle shaft pictured and it was cleaned up before installation. Everything else cleaned up nice, no bad pitting or wear. Whats the chances of a bad bearing assembly right out of the box? It was the Precision Hub from Oreilly with 3 yr warranty. If bad, how to prove it to get a replacement? Im stumped. It sounds like growling/grinding only when turning left, from the right side, sounds like bearings. But just replaced with new, unless it was bad from the box what else could it be?
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At the parts store I work at (can't say where) all you have to do is come in with a warranty part and claim its bad. So long as the warranty info can be found the parts guy/gal will warranty it out the higher ups would rather lose $300 than a customer for life.
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