Four0Sport
Jack from JackOffRoad
- Joined
- August 26, 2004
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- City, State
- West Virginia
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1993 2dr
Had a rubbing/grinding noise coming from the LH hub, popped the dial off and saw some milky grease so I tore the whole knuckle down and cleaned/repacked the wheel bearings, spindle bearings, cleaned off the caliper mount, wheel hub, and disassembled the mile marker hub to clean it. When putting it back together I put a light coat of synthetic wheel bearing grease on the moving parts. Took it out the next day and the noise was still there, just worse.
Here is the advanced diagnosis I performed..
jacked up the lh front wheel, spun the tire, no noise or resistance, locked the hub, after half rotation hub engaged, gnarly sound coming from hub similar to a bad wheel bearing. unlocked the hub, after half rotation it disengaged and free spun again with no issues. this was with the truck in 2wd.
jacked up the rh front wheel, same free spin when unlocked, same noise just lessened with the hub locked.
also hear the same noise when driving the vehicle with the hubs locked in, with the vehicle in either 2 or 4wd.
These hubs are less than 3 years old. Are they that poor of quality? Should I be using atf instead of wheel bearing grease to lubricate them?
Here is the advanced diagnosis I performed..
jacked up the lh front wheel, spun the tire, no noise or resistance, locked the hub, after half rotation hub engaged, gnarly sound coming from hub similar to a bad wheel bearing. unlocked the hub, after half rotation it disengaged and free spun again with no issues. this was with the truck in 2wd.
jacked up the rh front wheel, same free spin when unlocked, same noise just lessened with the hub locked.
also hear the same noise when driving the vehicle with the hubs locked in, with the vehicle in either 2 or 4wd.
These hubs are less than 3 years old. Are they that poor of quality? Should I be using atf instead of wheel bearing grease to lubricate them?