2000 Explorer Front Brakes Scraping

[mlycke]

I heard a scraping coming from my front wheels and I figured it was time to change the pads, so i took them off but they looked fine. I put them back on but now the scraping is worse.

Has anyone run into this?

Thanks.

 

[Blee1099]

Its probably your wheel bearing/hub assmeblies or your ball joints.. To verify your problem, jack the front end up and grab the tire at the 6 & 12 position and check for play. If there is no play there, then grab the wheel at the 3 & 9 position and try to push the tire in. If there is significant play then the hub assemblies/wheel bearing are bad.

 

[mlycke]

i didnt find any significant play. the wheel did move from 9 and 3 but i think it was more steering then wiggle.

i think you still might be right about the bearing though. There has been a vibration coming from that wheel for some time.

what is entailed with replacing the bearing?

Thanks

 

[NHale623]

How do your rotors look? Are they grooved? If your pads were worn to the point of creating a scraping noise, you should see some damage to the rotor.

Is this a four wheel drive, or two wheel drive truck?

If you jack up the front tire and rotate it, can you hear any noise or feel any rough spots?