just recently my front end has been making clanking and grinding noises when i turn. im almost certain that its the u joint. but the grinding makes me think it might be the bearings. im gonna put on a hub conversion kit when i get the money until then what parts do i need to keep her going down the road till then?

do i have to replace the expensive a$$ wheel bearing when i do the ujoint or can i get away with just the ujoint?

 

It depends on how bad the bearing is, and or how hard it is to remove, FWIW I replaced just my uni and ball joints and put the old hub back on (due to economic constraints of course)

 

like i said im going to put the hub conversion on soon so pretty much i just want to put a bandaid on it. everything was replaced about a year ago

 

I would play it safe and do the bearing as well.I wish I had done the hub conversion myself. Just rebuilt the front end not knowing about the hub conversion until a few weeks again. I think the price I seen was around 700 + or -