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Old Oct 28, 2024 | 06:25 PM
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Recently I’ve been checking over my truck as I have a long road trip planned around winter time. Anyway I noticed a weird noise coming from the driver side front hub. I’ve attached a couple videos trying to record the noise from a few different angles. But where I’m stuck is idk if the noise is coming from the wheel bearing or if it’s just the axle and gear turning in the diff (brake pads are out). I’m not much of a mechanic I just work on my own stuff. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Truck is a 2001 dodge ram 1500 4x4 5.2
https://youtube.com/shorts/0XVW3OJkWJQ?feature=share
https://youtu.be/Y84rO28sQZQ
sorry couldn’t figure out how to make them links
 
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Old Oct 28, 2024 | 07:54 PM
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That sounds like a bearing on it's way out. Do you hear a humming while driving?
 
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Old Oct 29, 2024 | 10:02 AM
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I’ve noticed a tiny hum, but the door seals aren’t good so I assumed it was just air
 
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I’ve noticed a tiny hum, but the door seals aren’t good so I assumed it was just air
Yep, familiar with that....

Do your brakes, or, whatever it is you are currently doing, put it back together, go for a drive. Find a nice, straight, low-traffic road, drive about 25-30 mph, and throw the truck from side to side of the road. The idea is, to load/unload the front wheel bearings. If one of them is bad, the noise will get louder as you put more weight on that side, so, if it gets really loud as you are going to the right, the left side wheel bearing is bad.
 
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