Rob Hutton
New Member
- Joined
- January 20, 2011
- Messages
- 5
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- City, State
- Gloucester, VA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2006 XLT
Noticed a loud noise on the passenger side rear tire when backing out of the driveway. The noise sounded like a stick was being dragged and the truck was driving rough and choppy. Almost like it was riding on the brake off and on. Stopped the truck and looked under the truck and didn't see anything dragging and I asked my wife to move the truck forward. Heard a noise that was definitely metal on metal coming from the rear passenger tire. Had her park it, I removed the tire and notice that the outside brake pad was worn down to less than 1/8 of an inch while the inside brake pad had 1/4 + inch of life on it. Thought it odd but you never know with newer cars, so I went to get brake pads. Get home, pull brake caliper off and I notice that the Outside and inside brake pads are angled from less than 1/8 inch to 1/4 inch. I check the rotor and the entire hub assembly wiggles and has some give. I'm assuming this is a wheel bearing issue. From a shade tree mechanic approach, How do I fix this?