please help front end noise!!!!

[scubadogg86]

hard to discribe but here i go. i replaced my wheel hubs 8 months ago . replace hub assemblies on both sides sounded and felt great however the noise is back ... please help!!! the noise is getting louder by the week and the faster i go the louder it gets i have noticed however when i turn the wheel about 40 degrees to the right the noise stops completely untill i am out of the turn....i do not know what to do

 

[techieman33]

Have you checked out your cv axles?

 

[scubadogg86]

i have not it made this noise before and i was thinking ball bearings so i changed the hub assemblys and it stopped and now its back ...

 

[timn8er]

sounds like it could be the cv joints most likely if you have alot of milage on them. when you replaced your bearings you may have moved them in a way to pack grease in areas to make the noise stop. now that they seated its back.

 

[scubadogg86]

thanks for your reply. if that is the case is there any way to confirm that is the issue? is there a quick fix? can i just regrease them?

 

[timn8er]

thanks for your reply. if that is the case is there any way to confirm that is the issue? is there a quick fix? can i just regrease them?

How many miles/km are on them. Normally the cv joint are none serviceable and are greased at the factory. if the CV Boots are cracked or even have a broken band dirt/water can get in and cause them to wear of fail. Im not sure of a better way to check them with out actually taking them out. I was recently at Standard auto wreckers. they had an all you can carry out in one trip for 50.00 bucks. I managed to find an explorer with 114,000 KM so i removed the front and rear axle along with the cv joints. they seem to have as much play as my current explorer that has over 450,000 Km