Forgot the site for you www.truckpartsdiscount.com

 

better yet dont take the axle shafts out at all. its not nessary to take them out to change the wheel barrings and in my experince the less you touch the axle shafts the longer your seals will last

 

well, last night as i was driving home from work, i noticed when i turn my truck left it makes a whaa....whaa....whaa sound the vibrates and i can feel it and oh man i didn't like it. so today took it up to tires plus and i about shi* myself when they said that both front hub assemblys (apparently they can't do just bearings) was going to run me around $800 [sm=insomnia.gif]. now assuming that it is the wheel bearing that is shot. well soon we are going to run it up to sears since there esstimate was cheaper. right now tires is checking it out to see what the he** it is. but i hope for the best!
just a little update.

 

$800 thats getting hosed, even if it is with labour, they should be no more than $200 ea and can easley be done your self. and yes the barring is part of the hub assy. if your not sure if it is the barring take it to a shop and ask them to check it for you to varrafy it will only take them a minute

 

yeah it is at the shop now. sears said will be around $200-$300 cheaper. no word yet on if it is the bearings or not. just sitting here waiting. and yeah me and a buddy can do these ourselves and he will only charge a 12 pack then again if it is the bearings.

 

do it yourself man.. the hardest thing is setting the piston on the callipers to get them back onto the rotors... easy easy ****.. just packthose bearingswith lots of axle grease.
I rarely get anyone to tuch my truck, i took it to the dealer to get an oil change and tire rotation and they bent my steering rod, and it pulled to the right until i fixed it myself. I don't trust those guys as far as i could throw them. I also live in a job market where even a monkey could get a job because there are soo many jobs and not enough people. But still the dealer should be themost reliable workmanship, but that's far from the case.

 

yeah if it is the bearings we might tackle them, i know i have a bad u joint in the front to, and i dont know if i have the equipment to touch u joints. but i am just waiting to see what the hell this problem is ha.

 

what equiptment do you need to do u-joints lol, do you have a hammer or a vice or a big c-clamp, if so u can do them when you do the wheel barrings its only one more step from where you will be

 

ha well one piece of equipment is the know how. is it really that easy to do? the u joint that is. well damage was a bearing and its 100 degrees here so we didnt feel like cussin and sweatin in the garage so we just let the shop put it on. total $300 give or take a few bucks. so glad that is all fixed! thanks for all the advice guys!

 

What type of noise does a worn wheel bearing make? 98 4x4 5.9 QC 132Kmiles

Mine don't seem to have any play, however as I pick up speed I'm hearing a whirring noise from the front right. (sounds like tire noise, however the tires are relatively new <7K with no notable wear, just for kicks I rotated the front to the rear and the sound did not move/change). The noise does not change when turning. I'm beginning to suspect a sticking brake caliper (these are original) pad/rotor look fine. Any ideas?