Pity7700

not entirely true. worn bearings have play, sometimes alot of play. done quite a few.

when you jacked yours up did you do one side or jack the whole front end up?

ibd2328

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True, every piece on the front end has infintestimally small play. This could be said about every part on a vehicle. Question is: is it within the limits of what its suppose to do or is it giving to much or not enough.

Sure, worn and even new bearings have slight play(some measurable by human eye, so not). Just needs to be within the parameters designed to work properly.

And it was on a lift.

Pity7700

agreed. there are certain measurements for parts to be call "defective" balljoints for example are about .050 of an inch to be considered defective, you probably cant see that with the human eye.

the other thing is you have to make sure you wiggle the tire in the right direction, it should be wiggled up and down.

im not arguing with you at, you are right. not everything can be measured by feel.

i just referenced back to my suspension notes (in an ASE program)

simple test for wheel bearing, you can find out if you have a bad wheel bearing by checking brake fluid movement.

when you have a loose wheel bearing when you hit a bump it causes the rotor to move which can push on the pistons in the caliper which would cause a pulsation in the brake pedal as well as fluid movement.

take the cap off your fuild reservoir and turn the wheel side to side. if the fuid level moves when you move it to a certain side that could be your problem. of course youll need someone to watch the fluid. if the fluid dont move, wheel bearings may not be your problem.

Almighty

You can do a thousand different testing "tricks" to see if you have a bad bearing but the only way to know 100% is to take it all apart and check them, or replace the hub if 4x4.

jb2012

all good ideas. But to eliminate just about all of them, I dont have 4x4 sadly so i sure hope its not a cv!! haha I took apart both wheel bearings and both are all in tact and the cylinder that they go in has plenty of grease. i just dont know...

Pity7700

when do you get the noise man?

do you get a hum while your are driving? does it change if you turn left or right?

Bruno

I know it sounds silly but not knowing how far you have taken your front end down make sure you dont have a caliper mounting bracket bolt backing out and getting into the rotor.