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Lucky Day!
Just got home from a long road trip and getting ready to go back to Nampa, ID for my cousin's wedding, decided to give the rig a quick once over and found the right front unit bearing shot. Brought us home and broke down in the shop, can't get much luckier than that.
Replaced ball joints (moog) and ordered new bearings as well as warn premium hubs. If anyone finds themselves in a similar situation both PartsguyEd and Riffraff are valuable resources. Hard to beat their prices and impossible to beat there customer service!
Replaced ball joints (moog) and ordered new bearings as well as warn premium hubs. If anyone finds themselves in a similar situation both PartsguyEd and Riffraff are valuable resources. Hard to beat their prices and impossible to beat there customer service!
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Breakdown are never nice but at home is the best.My transmission done the same,it broke in my front yard so I had the option of just let it sit or fix when I wanted too.I even looked around for another truck for a couple weeks
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Jim you are so right!! My wife said the same thing.
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Reviving a few-month old thread, but what were the indications that your unit bearing was shot? I am trying to read up and educate myself on all the front-end components such as ball-joints, unit bearings, hub assemblies, etc. I don't think any maintenance has ever been performed on those areas of my truck and want to try to address that before long, unfortunately it is all greek to me right now so I have a lot to learn. The one thing I have done is replace the swaybar bushings. THANKS!
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In my case I heard/ felt rumbling in the steering wheel when I would turn left, not a lot but something different. I did not know what was wrong until I lifted the front right wheel off the ground and spun it by hand. At that point I could hear it. Disassembled until only unit bearing was left. Actually turned out to be the inside hub seal coming apart. Replaced both unit bearings, ball joints on the right side (had already changed ball joints on left) and all issues are gone.
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When my unit bearing went, I noticed a slight grinding noise and brake dragging noise only while cornering to the right (the left would take more weight and the tire would make the hub lean and rub the rotor on the brake pads).
Ball joints have their own noise. Mine would thump hard only once while braking moderately. It would only do it again after I had driven a while. When I pulled them apart, the bottom passenger side nearly fell apart in my hand.
Sway bar bushings will make a sound similar to someone hitting the frame with a rubber mallet and will do it over every bump you it. Those are easy to check. Lay under the truck and watch the bushings on the sway bar as someone else rocks the truck slightly. You should be able to see the ones that are making noise. I just realized you already did these bushings, but I'll leave this for future readers.
Ball joints have their own noise. Mine would thump hard only once while braking moderately. It would only do it again after I had driven a while. When I pulled them apart, the bottom passenger side nearly fell apart in my hand.
Sway bar bushings will make a sound similar to someone hitting the frame with a rubber mallet and will do it over every bump you it. Those are easy to check. Lay under the truck and watch the bushings on the sway bar as someone else rocks the truck slightly. You should be able to see the ones that are making noise. I just realized you already did these bushings, but I'll leave this for future readers.
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Thanks for the input guys. I am hearing a creaking noise from the driver's side during turns that is more pronounced at slow speeds. I have no other symptoms so I am trying to figure out where the sound is coming from.
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