Rubbing sound when turning?

[Afboy143]

Well when I turn the slightest bit i hear a little rubbing sound coming from the front. Ive looked around and found nothing rubbing on the tires, maybe something is worn out? Any ideas?

 

[glfredrick]

I'd be checking your hub bearings. They are a single piece unit on your truck. Jack up the front end, support the truck so that the tire hangs loose and try wiggling the tire. Any free play at all is not good. While you are doing that, have someone wiggle the steering back and forth and inspect the tie rod ends, and ball joints for movement. They won't give you the noise, but I'd lay odds that if the wheel hub is out some of the other parts are worn as well.

You can fix this at home. The hub simply bolts onto the spindle. Do a search and you will find several posts detailing the procedure.

 

[Afboy143]

thanks a lot man, I have to do the upper and lower balls joints and tie rod ends as well :-/

I did a search for "wheel hub" and found that only 4x4 explorers have this part, not 2wd like mine is

 

[glfredrick]

2-WD and 4-WD all have the hub... They have to - it carries the weight of the truck on the spindle so that the tire can rotate.