Noise that sounds like a hub bearing
11-14-2018, 05:27 PM
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Noise that sounds like a hub bearing
Hi
2010 SS auto with 51K.
Have a "hub bearing" noise. Jack up each side and no play or noise as you rotate the wheels. Check the backs also and they are fine. It does sound like a bearing, the faster you go the faster noise and volume of it. It sounds like the front right to me. No shake or shimmy. No vibration like an out of balance wheel/tire.
Don't have access to a lift to really get a look at axils. Looking from under the car there are no leaks, like a bearing in the transaxle is bad.
I tried to Google this and can't find an answer. There is no clicking noise as you make a turn which would indicate an outer CV joint bad. Don't know how to prove out the inner. This might be a possibility. And if the axle is bad which axle do I buy? As the SS has no parts available.
I did read on this forum there are two you can use. One a little shorter and one a little longer.
Thanks
2010 SS auto with 51K.
Have a "hub bearing" noise. Jack up each side and no play or noise as you rotate the wheels. Check the backs also and they are fine. It does sound like a bearing, the faster you go the faster noise and volume of it. It sounds like the front right to me. No shake or shimmy. No vibration like an out of balance wheel/tire.
Don't have access to a lift to really get a look at axils. Looking from under the car there are no leaks, like a bearing in the transaxle is bad.
I tried to Google this and can't find an answer. There is no clicking noise as you make a turn which would indicate an outer CV joint bad. Don't know how to prove out the inner. This might be a possibility. And if the axle is bad which axle do I buy? As the SS has no parts available.
I did read on this forum there are two you can use. One a little shorter and one a little longer.
Thanks
11-14-2018, 06:02 PM
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Trust your gut, at 8 years old and 51,000 miles , it’s a safe bet it’s the hubs
the obsolete axle problem has been addressed, I think with Detroit Axle.
How worn are the brake pads? Are the little tabs scraping the rotors?
the obsolete axle problem has been addressed, I think with Detroit Axle.
How worn are the brake pads? Are the little tabs scraping the rotors?
11-15-2018, 03:27 AM
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Hub were rocked at positions 3&9 also 12&6. Both ways are tight. Spun L&R wheels by hand didn't hear anything. Had a buddy recheck what I did and he found nothing also.
Going to do this:
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11-15-2018, 06:16 AM
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[QUOTE=Cat Man HHR;855711]Brake pads are good.
Hub were rocked at positions 3&9 also 12&6. Both ways are tight. Spun L&R wheels by hand didn't hear anything. Had a buddy recheck what I did and he found nothing also.
Going to do this:
Just don't do like Eric the Dangerous car dude and jack it up by the frame with the suspension hanging.
Hub were rocked at positions 3&9 also 12&6. Both ways are tight. Spun L&R wheels by hand didn't hear anything. Had a buddy recheck what I did and he found nothing also.
Going to do this:
Just don't do like Eric the Dangerous car dude and jack it up by the frame with the suspension hanging.
11-15-2018, 06:30 AM
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[QUOTE=firemangeorge;855715]
I want to jack it up and support it by the lower arm.
In his video he might be jacking it up by the lower arm, but it's not clear if he did so.
In his video he might be jacking it up by the lower arm, but it's not clear if he did so.
11-17-2018, 11:22 AM
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And other stuff too.
Just checked again today to make sure I wasn't nuts. And again rocking did not show play and ball joints were tight.
Jack up each side one at a time and supported lower arm and spun them up. Much to my surprise I thought the noise was on the right but it turned out it was the left.
Replacement will be on Monday. The company that I use to work for said there would be no problem for me to come down after working hours to use the shop.
That makes me feel warm and fuzzy. Dry, heated and flat floor when outside is not nice. They only have a portable lift for large gross weight units. Oh well.
Just checked again today to make sure I wasn't nuts. And again rocking did not show play and ball joints were tight.
Jack up each side one at a time and supported lower arm and spun them up. Much to my surprise I thought the noise was on the right but it turned out it was the left.
Replacement will be on Monday. The company that I use to work for said there would be no problem for me to come down after working hours to use the shop.
That makes me feel warm and fuzzy. Dry, heated and flat floor when outside is not nice. They only have a portable lift for large gross weight units. Oh well.
