Someone please help!!!

[mlcase27]

I have a 94 explorer. My problem is that when I am driving (at any speed) I hear I kinda thumping sound and a grinding sound together. I have checked the wheel bearings and re pact them but its still there. Now for the stump-er, when I turn right, the noise goes away completely but when I straiten the wheel or turn left it gets loader...wtf? also if I jerk the wheel to the right without turning it goes away. could it be in the steering some ware/Please help me before I am forced to take it to an over priced garage! Arggg.

 

[nexis]

put the front up on jack stands, reach your hand into the cut outs in the axle, and grab the axle shaft. Spin the tire forward a few revs, then reverse a few revs. the axle shaft should not move at all. next, hold the tire sold and spin the shaft a few rotations forward and reverse, spinning the shaft should cause the hub to engage and try to spin the tire, a few revs the other direction should unlock it. If spinning the tire causes the shaft to rotate also, you have a problem with your hubs. If you do some searching there are a few posts on cleaning them up. The usual cause for a problem with the hubs is junk getting in there and locking them in.