Noises?

S_L_W · 03-30-2008, 10:01 AM

Well as jeep owners, we all know they're noisy but some of these noises are driving me nuts. Anyway, my jeep makes a noise while driving that I would assume is a bearing going bad. It sounds about like super swampers going down the highway. I'm assuming pinion bearing but the weird thing is when turning left, the noise goes away. Anybody have an idea what it could be?

lar4305 · 03-30-2008, 10:25 AM

It's a wheel bearing in the front, When turning it takes presure off of one side of the bearing that is pitted.

S_L_W · 03-30-2008, 10:31 AM

That was another thought I had. I actually just replaced the left front unit bearing because I could grab my tire and and shake it back and forth about an inch. The right bearing felt tight and I couldn't hear any noise when manually turning the wheel like I could from the left side.

S_L_W · 04-13-2008, 12:53 PM

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I figure it's better than starting a new one. I just wanted some more input on this. I removed my front driveshaft thinking that may tell me if it's my pinion or not, but forgot that the front output is still going to spin so thats not going to really tell me anything. Any other ideas out there? As I said before, I replaced the LF unit bearing, RF was not. If the RF was bad, while cornering right I would assume the noise would dissipate as pressure is taken of that wheel, but that is not the case in my situation. Anybody have any thoughts? I'd hate to just throw parts at it and cross my fingers.