Josh D

So I've developed a new strange noise emanating from the front end of my
Jeep recently. It sounds similar to a bad bearing, but doesn't change in
volume when I turn right or left. My experience has shown that bearings will
be louder when you put the weight of the vehicle on the bad bearing, i.e.
turning left on a bad right bearing will change the sound.

So, my noise is similar to a rumble, not so much a grinding. It does get a
little louder when I brake, when the weight of the jeep shifts to the front
axle. Brakes are good, not great, but I get the noise when driving, grows
louder with speed, but does so in Drive or Neutral, 4WD part time or 2WD.

So, experts, I know it's difficult (impossible) to diagnose via Usenet, but
some direction would be helpful.

I'm also planning a small lift in the near future, so I'm hoping to roll the
two into one visit to the garage.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Josh

Snow

Hub assy. Got the same thing happening on my 93 and its the bearing in the
front hub assy.

Snow...

"Josh D" <joshua.dunning@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:GZxuf.5560$tJ1.3743@trndny01...
> So I've developed a new strange noise emanating from the front end of my
> Jeep recently. It sounds similar to a bad bearing, but doesn't change in
> volume when I turn right or left. My experience has shown that bearings
> will be louder when you put the weight of the vehicle on the bad bearing,
> i.e. turning left on a bad right bearing will change the sound.
>
> So, my noise is similar to a rumble, not so much a grinding. It does get a
> little louder when I brake, when the weight of the jeep shifts to the
> front axle. Brakes are good, not great, but I get the noise when driving,
> grows louder with speed, but does so in Drive or Neutral, 4WD part time or
> 2WD.
>
> So, experts, I know it's difficult (impossible) to diagnose via Usenet,
> but some direction would be helpful.
>
> I'm also planning a small lift in the near future, so I'm hoping to roll
> the two into one visit to the garage.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Josh
>

Snow

Hub assy. Got the same thing happening on my 93 and its the bearing in the
front hub assy.

Snow...

"Josh D" <joshua.dunning@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:GZxuf.5560$tJ1.3743@trndny01...
> So I've developed a new strange noise emanating from the front end of my
> Jeep recently. It sounds similar to a bad bearing, but doesn't change in
> volume when I turn right or left. My experience has shown that bearings
> will be louder when you put the weight of the vehicle on the bad bearing,
> i.e. turning left on a bad right bearing will change the sound.
>
> So, my noise is similar to a rumble, not so much a grinding. It does get a
> little louder when I brake, when the weight of the jeep shifts to the
> front axle. Brakes are good, not great, but I get the noise when driving,
> grows louder with speed, but does so in Drive or Neutral, 4WD part time or
> 2WD.
>
> So, experts, I know it's difficult (impossible) to diagnose via Usenet,
> but some direction would be helpful.
>
> I'm also planning a small lift in the near future, so I'm hoping to roll
> the two into one visit to the garage.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Josh
>

Snow

Hub assy. Got the same thing happening on my 93 and its the bearing in the
front hub assy.

Snow...

"Josh D" <joshua.dunning@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:GZxuf.5560$tJ1.3743@trndny01...
> So I've developed a new strange noise emanating from the front end of my
> Jeep recently. It sounds similar to a bad bearing, but doesn't change in
> volume when I turn right or left. My experience has shown that bearings
> will be louder when you put the weight of the vehicle on the bad bearing,
> i.e. turning left on a bad right bearing will change the sound.
>
> So, my noise is similar to a rumble, not so much a grinding. It does get a
> little louder when I brake, when the weight of the jeep shifts to the
> front axle. Brakes are good, not great, but I get the noise when driving,
> grows louder with speed, but does so in Drive or Neutral, 4WD part time or
> 2WD.
>
> So, experts, I know it's difficult (impossible) to diagnose via Usenet,
> but some direction would be helpful.
>
> I'm also planning a small lift in the near future, so I'm hoping to roll
> the two into one visit to the garage.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Josh
>

Josh D

"Snow" <snowbal99@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:E7zuf.1486$H37.218969@news20.bellglobal.com.. .
> Hub assy. Got the same thing happening on my 93 and its the bearing in
> the front hub assy.
>
> Snow...
>

How's that for a repair? I'm probably a 3 on a 5 scale, I can follow
direction and have a little common sense, and a garage with a lift and full
toolbox.

Should I buy OEM parts or something like Quadratec or other aftermarket
supplier? Should I do both now?

Thanks again!

Josh D

"Snow" <snowbal99@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:E7zuf.1486$H37.218969@news20.bellglobal.com.. .
> Hub assy. Got the same thing happening on my 93 and its the bearing in
> the front hub assy.
>
> Snow...
>

How's that for a repair? I'm probably a 3 on a 5 scale, I can follow
direction and have a little common sense, and a garage with a lift and full
toolbox.

Should I buy OEM parts or something like Quadratec or other aftermarket
supplier? Should I do both now?

Thanks again!

Josh D

"Snow" <snowbal99@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:E7zuf.1486$H37.218969@news20.bellglobal.com.. .
> Hub assy. Got the same thing happening on my 93 and its the bearing in
> the front hub assy.
>
> Snow...
>

How's that for a repair? I'm probably a 3 on a 5 scale, I can follow
direction and have a little common sense, and a garage with a lift and full
toolbox.

Should I buy OEM parts or something like Quadratec or other aftermarket
supplier? Should I do both now?

Thanks again!

Snow

As far as I know you pretty much have to replace the whole hub, I haven't
looked into how difficult of a procedure it is, the garage I take my 93 to
for the "dirty" work, made it sound pretty straight forward. If I get a
chance I'll take a look through some of the manuals I have and see if its
something the average person can do (as in needing non specialized tooling).

Snow...

"Josh D" <joshua.dunning@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Snow" <snowbal99@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:E7zuf.1486$H37.218969@news20.bellglobal.com.. .
>> Hub assy. Got the same thing happening on my 93 and its the bearing in
>> the front hub assy.
>>
>> Snow...
>>
>
> How's that for a repair? I'm probably a 3 on a 5 scale, I can follow
> direction and have a little common sense, and a garage with a lift and
> full toolbox.
>
> Should I buy OEM parts or something like Quadratec or other aftermarket
> supplier? Should I do both now?
>
> Thanks again!
>

Snow

As far as I know you pretty much have to replace the whole hub, I haven't
looked into how difficult of a procedure it is, the garage I take my 93 to
for the "dirty" work, made it sound pretty straight forward. If I get a
chance I'll take a look through some of the manuals I have and see if its
something the average person can do (as in needing non specialized tooling).

Snow...

"Josh D" <joshua.dunning@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:EaBuf.7222$gq4.4019@trndny04...
>
> "Snow" <snowbal99@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:E7zuf.1486$H37.218969@news20.bellglobal.com.. .
>> Hub assy. Got the same thing happening on my 93 and its the bearing in
>> the front hub assy.
>>
>> Snow...
>>
>
> How's that for a repair? I'm probably a 3 on a 5 scale, I can follow
> direction and have a little common sense, and a garage with a lift and
> full toolbox.
>
> Should I buy OEM parts or something like Quadratec or other aftermarket
> supplier? Should I do both now?
>
> Thanks again!
>

Snow

As far as I know you pretty much have to replace the whole hub, I haven't
looked into how difficult of a procedure it is, the garage I take my 93 to
for the "dirty" work, made it sound pretty straight forward. If I get a
chance I'll take a look through some of the manuals I have and see if its
something the average person can do (as in needing non specialized tooling).

Snow...

"Josh D" <joshua.dunning@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:EaBuf.7222$gq4.4019@trndny04...
>
> "Snow" <snowbal99@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:E7zuf.1486$H37.218969@news20.bellglobal.com.. .
>> Hub assy. Got the same thing happening on my 93 and its the bearing in
>> the front hub assy.
>>
>> Snow...
>>
>
> How's that for a repair? I'm probably a 3 on a 5 scale, I can follow
> direction and have a little common sense, and a garage with a lift and
> full toolbox.
>
> Should I buy OEM parts or something like Quadratec or other aftermarket
> supplier? Should I do both now?
>
> Thanks again!
>