SOLVED - odd rattle from passenger side - wheel bearing

[Moots1288]

I'm not really fond of the cheapos.. That's one part of the truck ill pay the money for the timkens. Just like I spend the money on moog for my TREs and ball joints.

[fishsticks]

I guess nobody's worried that the cheap ones might die DURING an expedition and let the wheel fall off? You might carry spare hubs, but do you have enough lug nuts and a spare spacer/adapter when the outer race breaks off and takes the goodies with it and the tire rolls off a mountain?

There's a 35mm nut and outer CV holding the whole thing together too.

[navigator]

at least with the tires I run, I hear the bearing getting noisy long before there is even any play in them.
I can see paying extra for TRE or BallJoints, if they go out at highway speeds that can be really bad.

[Moots1288]

at least with the tires I run, I hear the bearing getting noisy long before there is even any play in them.
I can see paying extra for TRE or BallJoints, if they go out at highway speeds that can be really bad.

So can wheel hubs my cousin lost his tire doing 55 on the highway cause the wheel hub split in 2, ripping the cv apart

[Gordinho80]

Just one of the many reasons why I haven't been out on a ride in over 1 year. Last time my truck saw any sort of dirt or trail was when I grenaded my rear diff. Since then, life has kind of got in the way of wheeling. Owning a home is such a pain sometimes!

[HARDTRAILZ]

I support cheap hubs and strippers.

[Moots1288]

Yay for strippers

[Trail X]

My timkens have lasted 4 years so far. That equates to roughly 80k miles.

[NC_IslandRunner]

I'm over 160k on the factory hubs:-? Might be time to change them out, plus the brakes are screaming at me to replace them.

[The Roadie]

I'm over 160k on the factory hubs:-? Might be time to ...

...use it for trips to other than the mall?

[navigator]

I'm over 160k on the factory hubs:-? Might be time to change them out, plus the brakes are screaming at me to replace them.

wow Rory, maybe they are roaring but you just can't hear them over the guard dogs
Seems like I got around 90k on mine and mine has mostly highway miles, 80k of that was un-lifted.

Make sure to check your rear brakes as well. Mine rears went out right after my fronts at about 70K. Every other vehicle I have ever owned the rears usually lasted 2X as long so that was a surprise.

[boog2006]

I'm at 130,000 miles and I've never replaced a hub. Now, I've only been lifted about the last ten and wheeled say the last five or so...

I can't seem to wear out breaks either.

[NC_IslandRunner]

I'm over 160k on the factory hubs:-? Might be time to ...

...use it for trips to other than the mall?

I'm over 160k on the factory hubs:-? Might be time to change them out, plus the brakes are screaming at me to replace them.

wow Rory, maybe they are roaring but you just can't hear them over the guard dogs
Seems like I got around 90k on mine and mine has mostly highway miles, 80k of that was un-lifted.

Make sure to check your rear brakes as well. Mine rears went out right after my fronts at about 70K. Every other vehicle I have ever owned the rears usually lasted 2X as long so that was a surprise.

I can hear them, I haven't had the guarddogs on in year, two of them disintegrated on my way home from the overland rally last year, I've had Dick Cepek Mud Country since. This will be the third time I change the brakes.

Still confused about how I knocked my alignment out at the mall but they do have some hellish speed bumps.

[HARDTRAILZ]

How do you like the mud country? Really seem like a good tire, but pricey in 35s.

[NC_IslandRunner]

How do you like the mud country? Really seem like a good tire, but pricey in 35s.

I love them, looking at ordering set of 5 late this year or early next year, nice ride and the hum is less annoying than the TW's. Looking at $250 each in 33s.

[HARDTRAILZ]

About $330 for 35 12.5 17

[dvanbramer88]

I'm over 160k on the factory hubs:-? Might be time to ...

...use it for trips to other than the mall?

I can vouch for Rory. I have personally seen him drive the piss out of his truck on several occasions. And I've also heard stories...


It's actually funny, and something I've thought about before. It seems with Rory's truck, it gets beat on and it isn't a maintenance nightmare. But take someone like Moots, who takes his truck to get a gallon of milk down at the store, and his lower ball joints fall off....

[djthumper]

Must be a NY thing...

[Moots1288]

I'm over 160k on the factory hubs:-? Might be time to ...

...use it for trips to other than the mall?

I can vouch for Rory. I have personally seen him drive the piss out of his truck on several occasions. And I've also heard stories...


It's actually funny, and something I've thought about before. It seems with Rory's truck, it gets beat on and it isn't a maintenance nightmare. But take someone like Moots, who takes his truck to get a gallon of milk down at the store, and his lower ball joints fall off....

I don't drive to get milk. I walk down the block hahah... And you have clearly never driven in New York

[v7guy]

GTFO, It's like re-experiencing the trail of tears trying to get you to walk three blocks with me.