which wheel bearing is shot?
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at a guess the left side bearing, as the weight is off it on a rhs bend. jack it up and have a wiggle dude
JustAnotherVictim
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yep... common sense....Finnon said:
edit: wait.. if he's turning right... the weight is on the left side... so the left bearing would be bad
chances are are that it is the left. most of the time when you load the bearing heavily it will quiet up so if making a right hand turn then the left side loads and the right side unloads so there for left side should be the issue
again, this is most of the time, but there are those times depending on what happend to the bearing that the opposite is true.
again, this is most of the time, but there are those times depending on what happend to the bearing that the opposite is true.
lol shit yeah oooooooppppssssss soz dude my mistake, my head must have been done in last night when i wrote that bit89jdm7m said:
ok it sounds like the left bearing and they are a biotch because they have to be pressed in pretty much perfectly and also they are expensive as hell trust me i just did all four of mine $85 a bearing plus machine time=damn mKiii but i love her anyways
Well I don't know about that, I had to replace the LH Front bearing on my subaru and it would be moderately noisy while going straight, but when turning right, it would get much louder as it's "bearing" more weight
(hehehahaha get it?!?! ok.. enough... i hate puns..)
(hehehahaha get it?!?! ok.. enough... i hate puns..)
i messed that one up too, lol... i just noticed... i meant to say left, but i said right :rofl:Finnon said:
what a retard *slaps self*
ok so who messed up? or were we both being dumbasses? im confused as fuck here:aigo:89jdm7m said:
The bad bearing will show itself when loaded. It'll be the outside wheel when turning. If you're turning left, and it makes noise, it's the right bearing. If you're turning right, then it's the left bearing.
I took my whole assymbly to my friend at the local toyota dealer for him to do on his own time. Makes it much easier.
Sorry to semi-threadjack, but it's related.. I occasionally get an intermittent high-pitched squeaking kind of noise from the driver front/rear when driving straight (Haven't pinpointed it yet) that goes away during a rhs turn. Could this be a bearing as well?
/\ Don't jump the gun here... An intermittent high pitched squeaking that goes away under any steering movement or even a touch to the brake pedal more often than not is the brake pad wear sensor.
Check your pads, and I'm willing to bet you'll find they are quite worn.
If they are not, then it's still a possibility that it could be the pads, and that they're vibrating and squealing. When you've got the wheel off to inspect the pads, take the caliper off, grease the slides, and grease where the pads ride on the caliper. Spray some brake quiet on the backing of the pads, and if the pads are worn to the sensors, bend them back ever so slightly and order pads as soon as you can.
Check your pads, and I'm willing to bet you'll find they are quite worn.
If they are not, then it's still a possibility that it could be the pads, and that they're vibrating and squealing. When you've got the wheel off to inspect the pads, take the caliper off, grease the slides, and grease where the pads ride on the caliper. Spray some brake quiet on the backing of the pads, and if the pads are worn to the sensors, bend them back ever so slightly and order pads as soon as you can.
yeh, he also stated that it went away wen it was under load (he said noise was on driver side, i'm assuming that's the left side) and when he turns right, the left side is under load.... so if it was the bearings, it would seem that the noise would increase