wheel bearing

I have a 99 EB Explorer with a growling noise coming from the front end, I took the pass tire off to check the wheel bearing and the wheel bearing seems to be fine didn't have any wiggle when I jacked it up, from the posts I've seen possibly related to the cv, or transfer case. The best way I...

Hey new here so hope this is the right spot. This may also be a very dumb question but im learning here. I have a 94 explorer with manual hubs and bad wheel bearings. And also have a 91 parts car with auto hubs and good bearings. Can i just swap the rotors right over? And is there anything...

'93 XLT 4WD makes a 'thunk' in the right rear wheel when turning left. Tried the jack up the wheel, pull on one side of the tire while pushing on the other to test the bearings. Did not notice any wobble from that. However, if I pull straight out (along the axle line) and push straight in...

First post although searched many issues the last few years I've owned my x. 2003 limited v8. 232k miles and counting. Been fighting what has seemed to be a wheel bearing noise the past few months. Usually do most of work myself but had a known trustworthy mechenic do a rear left bearing a month...

hum sounded like wheel bearing/hubs so I replaced both sides. The noise continued. Switched tires front to back, noise continues. Any ideas what else it might be??? Don't want ot spend money on half shaft if its a tranny issue???

I have a 99 explorer sport with a 5-speed 2wd with around 125,000 miles. I have crazy humming coming from the front right wheel well/engine compartment that's slowly been getting worse. It starts around 40 mph and gets louder the faster I go, anything slower and it’s silent. So question of the...

Posting as I had a unique experience with front wheel hub bearings on my '07 Explorer with 130K miles. At 110K miles I noticed a slight humming noise and ever so slight vibration at 78+ MPH, the problem went away under 78 MPH. This year at 130K miles it started happening at 70 MPH, not a good...

I recently changed out almost the whole front end; ball joint she on both sides, wheel bearings on both sides, and a tie rod end. The ball joints were bad so I decided to change it all out since it would be torn down that far anyway. But after getting an alignment and tires balanced, there is...

I changed both the driver and passenger side wheel bearings and races on my 91 explorer, 4x4. The passenger side, after driving has zero play. The driver side even after torquing has some slight play after putting the wheel on. I can see no play with the wheel off and i grab the rotor. But there...

Hello day 1 Recently I took a drive down a flat county road to have 4WD engage and disengage with out me pressing any of the 3 buttons for 4WD. I tried removing the 4x4 fuses just to have it engage again all itself. when this happen I called AAA. AAA drops it off at my dads house. I try to...

I have my XLT 4 WD since it was brand new with 6 miles on it. It now has 220,000 and has been through a lot- although for the most part sill looks pretty good. It's been through several wrecks - been put back together several times. The original engine blew at about 150,000 - both of the...

So.. I have a 2 1/2 ton trolley pump up jack thing (that is, indeed, the technical description on the case), two 3 ton jack stands, and an explorer under body so rusted I cant quite determine where to put anything that isn't going to make the entire SUV disintegrate into a pile of rust in my...

I recently swapped a 2004 SOHC for a 1998 SOHC. The 2004 motor blew up from the previous owner and the best block i could find was out of a 1998. When accelerating i am hearing a whirring noise coming from what sounds to be the front of a 2WD truck. I know that there are a few possibilities...

Hey guys, first time poster here... Recently came into ownership of an '06 Explorer. Been having rear noise issues for awhile now, but it's steadily getting worse. I thought it may have been possible tire noise at first, as the treads that came with it were badly worn on the inside edges...

Hello, I have a 2003 Mountaineer with a 4.6, AWD, 3rd row seating, towing package, and a remanufactured transmission. Aprox 164k miles. Original drivetrain components except the transmission. Has recieved diff and transfer case flushes ect same owner since 2004 (my Aunt) I have a very...

A few days ago I started hearing some crunching noise coming from the front wheel of my Sport Trac. I took it to the nearest Ford service center, and the inspection unveils a severely worn front wheel bearing, plus worn brake discs and brake pads. The manager said that they won't be able to...

I've seen many of the posts here re Explorers eating wheel bearings on a fairly regular and long term basis. . Mine hasn't had any go bad yet, but I do suspect one starting. When it does go, I will replace with a Timken or SKF. My real question is, why do they go bad? Is this a crappy...

I really could use some help. Our trusty '00 Mounty has 140X and recently has begun a terrific vibration at 55mph plus. As I slow down to a stop it then morphs into metal clanking. Strange thing is this happened a couple years ago. I remember being all freaked out that it might be the...

My 2006 Ford Explorer has had lights on since the end of July. I brought it in to be fixed but was told it was a faulty sensor. The computer would not turn the lights off. 3 weeks ago it was brought to the dealer and was told it was the wheel baring. Lights still on! It was brought back...

I have an 02 Explorer XLT with around 85k miles. Just recently I started to notice what I thought was a bad front wheel bearing. Annoying hummimg noise while driving and it goes away when you turn the wheel right. I thought it was coming from the front, but after changing both front hubs...

Replaced all 4 wheel bearings in the last year. Just replaced a fifth wheel bearing this week and now have another one going out. Has anyone else experienced premature failure of replacement wheel bearings. What's the root cause here? Low quality parts, poor installation? I like...

Hello, this is my first post but I've been getting tips from this forum for many years. So first off, let me just say thanks for all the knowledge! Now to my questions. I've been using Tyler92's excellent thread ""How to" '02 explorer rear wheel bearing replacement (pictures)" to replace my...

I have a humming sort of noise coming from my front driver tire. I also have a higher pitched humming noise coming from the rear which i believe is the pinion bearing. I can't aford to fix that now so i'm not worried about it now. My concern is the front end noise. The noise gets louder with the...

Hi! I have a 2wd 2005 Ford Explorer and it has been making a loud thumping sound in the front end. It starts off slow and picks up with the speed you are going. The sounds seems to go away slightly when pulling the wheel to the right and louder to the left. We've already rotated the...

Ok guys, I could really use some advice here. I consider myself a pretty good mechanic, including diagnostics, and I feel a little stupid asking this stuff. However, I'm just not real familiar w/ the front drive train setup on these things, as I've never dug into one before. I've got a '93...