hub bearing ???

jovanni · Sep 8th, 2006, 06:50 AM

desperately trying to figure this 1 out,a few months ago i replaced my rear hub assy with a new one,thought it was going to fix the howling noise coming from that tire,,well the howling is still there,any one know if i have to rotate the tires,can it be the tire itself,,or a caliper sticking ,,,bent rotor ?/???

Leuthesius · Sep 8th, 2006, 07:17 PM

Rear disc brake?

Yeap. Get the rotors turned if you haven't already. Were the bearings done too?

jovanni · Sep 10th, 2006, 05:37 PM

when you say turned do you mean resurfaced? the bearings/hub assy i purchased is what i thought i had to replace to fix the howling,so i guess the original bearings were good,,,dam this howling sucks

Leuthesius · Sep 10th, 2006, 07:04 PM

Howling happens when the bearings aren't replaced.

jovanni · Sep 11th, 2006, 08:41 AM

ya i know,thats why i replaced the bearing,but still its crying wolf

Darktide · Sep 11th, 2006, 04:13 PM

did you replace both? if not I'd give that a whirl... and did you do a brake job with it? how did the rotors look?

Darktide

jovanni · Sep 12th, 2006, 05:27 AM

both as in both sides,,,no just the side that was noisy,just the brake pads i replaced when i put in the new hub/bearing,on a side note this is the 2 hub/bearing the 1 was from the junkya, the rotors did look worn&crappy,***** looks like the originals....

jovanni · Sep 14th, 2006, 03:41 PM

u think the rotors is the problem?

Darktide · Sep 14th, 2006, 04:03 PM

I think the pads may be contacting the rotors. May be its the brake calipers. I've got the same problem its actually because the hub bearing is gone and the rotor is tilted and rubbing against the brake pads. its crazy. Thankfully I have a nice warranty and I don't have to worry about it. But that'd be my best guess at this point.

Darktide

jovanni · Sep 14th, 2006, 05:40 PM

I'll try replacing the rotor & pad and see what happens. But yeah it definetly sounds like what you described. thx

Leuthesius · Sep 15th, 2006, 12:25 PM

Oh, yeah you're prolly right. I had that happen once. Right before my brake shoe fell off and I had to drive home using my ebrake....

jovanni · Oct 2nd, 2006, 08:55 AM

well,this weekend i replaced the pads and rotors,and still the howling continues,sheeeeez,,,the caliper where the side was howling it was a lil rusty,the piston u have to turn to make room for the pads/rotor was rusty as all hell ,so it just barely fitted,i guess next thing to get is a new caliper,,,,,,,,,,,

jovanni · Oct 13th, 2006, 08:34 AM

so should i do what i said above,,,,anyone else have this wierd issue before???

KA24Tech · Oct 19th, 2006, 10:12 PM

Before you do anything else, rotate the tires from front to rear to see if the noise moves with it.

Troy

jovanni · Oct 25th, 2006, 08:48 AM

thanks KA ,the noise did move from rear to front now,i cant believe it was that simple....thx again yall