[Shotimes] SHO is making grinding noises

[Ian Fisher]

Sometimes a bad wheel bearing will pass the wheel
shake test. Perhaps the best method is to remove the
wheel and the brake rotor and grab the hub. If it
moves, the bearing is bad. If you turn the hub and it
makes any sound at all, it's bad. My last set of
bearings that failed made a grinding noise although
there wasn't any play that I could detect with just my
hands.

Ian

--- Paul Nimz <pnimz@v8sho.com> wrote:

> Mine sounded like a brake dragging.  But when you
> applied the brakes the nosie
> didn't change.  If, when driving down the road, you
> slightly turned the wheel
> the noise would lessen.
> 
> You can easily tell by jacking up the front end,
> grab the wheel at the 12 and
> 6 o'clock positions and try to wiggle the wheel.  If
> it moves it is a
> bearing.
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> On 7/15/2005 7:12:13 AM, chris farmer
> (crixtopher@gmail.com) wrote:
> > I am watching this thread closely b/c I have
> similar issues and
> > haven't had much of a chance to look into it. I
> fear its a wheel
> > bearing. its a rubbing noise that doesn't
> > seem to have a regular
> > pattern. At first I thought worn brake pads but
> they are not crucially
> > worn thin. then I thought perhaps one of the metal
> tabs puncturing the
> > bottom of the shock, but I moved the metal
> tab/washer thingy out of
> > the way and the sound is still there. car is
> parked right now.
> > sound comes and goes, happens sometimes while
> turning , sometimes when
> > braking, sometimes when slowing down without
> braking, patterns vary
> >
> > I do seem to see metal shavings however, there is
> some rusty metal
> > being shaved somewhere so perhaps mine is a diff
> issue. still, let us
> > know what you find out Frank, please.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 7/15/05, Paul Nimz <pnimz@v8sho.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > My
> > '97 did that and it turned out to be wheel
> bearings.  Does the sound
> > > change slightly when you turn the wheel and are
> driving?
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > >  On 7/15/2005 1:13:49 AM,
> fwhittle@mindspring.com wrote:
> > > > It sounds for all the world like worn brake
> pads grinding on the
> rotors,
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