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    Question Bad wheel bearing?

    Hit a big pot hole with the front left, now the front left hum's when I turn left....noise starts at about 4 sec in the video...

    I was thinking wheel bearing, but I always thought the right side that is bad when turning left and vice versa....left wheel has no play up/down or side/side when I jacked it up to check either.

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    You got me... sounds kinda like a tire rub.
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    Well it wasn't the left bearing.....replaced it and the sound is still there
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    Stupid question but possibly the plastic fender liner popped out just a bit and contacts the corner of the tire on turns?
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    Quote Originally Posted by JDreamR/T View Post
    Stupid question but possibly the plastic fender liner popped out just a bit and contacts the corner of the tire on turns?
    Pretty sure it's not the liner, the noise starts as soon as you turn the wheel left even a little bit, and my 20's do rub and doesn't sound like this....I'm starting to think I fucked up my steering rack...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Canadian_RT View Post
    Pretty sure it's not the liner, the noise starts as soon as you turn the wheel left even a little bit, and my 20's do rub and doesn't sound like this....I'm starting to think I fucked up my steering rack...
    Hmm yeah I can see that causing resonance if the rack is loose or a broken tooth, the wheel would vibrate a bit too I would think. Could be tie rods, inner or outer...that's about all I got lol. Good luck figuring it out.
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    Jack it up by the K-member so the suspension hangs loose and start wiggling stuff, should find it pretty quick lol.

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    Yeah I've done that, nothing seems loose or feels out of line....Neither wheel has any play up/down or side to side.

    It's a lot more noticeable the faster I'm going, and it starts to make the sound as soon as i turn the wheel left, even barley. I'll be taking it into my alignment guy son, but it doesn't drive bad or pull hard one way so I'm not super worried anymore.
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    If the tires are the same size as the rear, swap that side with one from the back, see if there is any difference.

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