My right front wheel has developed a clicking noise. I can only really hear it when i driving past a stone wall or a house close to the road, something like that, it will echo off of it. It is not a rock in the tire, could this be the bearing starting to go??? I've had a bearing go in a previous vehicle, but that was more like a squeal or squeking noise.

Thanks

 

umm i doubt its ur wheel, u would hear that anywhere

check and see if u have an exhaust leak.

 

I highly doubt it is a exhaust leak, the clicking sounds like bolts bouncing around, that kind of sound.

 

Its probably your U-joint cause mine does the same thing and thats what I was told it was by my neighbor who had the same problem and fixed his by replacing the U-joint.

 

When wheel bearings go in these they tend to go real quick, and they sound nasty, like no other wheel bearing I've heard. I drove home from work and mine was totaly fine, then I was driving out of my neighborhood and before I even made it to the main road I heard that horible creaking/grinding noise started and it felt like my break was stuck, thats how hard it was to spin. It was so bad I had to call AAA and have they tow it (for free of course) to my house that was 1/4 mile away!

 

mine done the same thing,it was the front axle U-joints

 

Like Socha said if it was the wheel bearings you would know it cause it sounds horrible. I've replace two sets of bearing in the last six months so I would know.

 

A week or so ago I noticed while driving through the drive-thru at Wendy's that my truck was making a creaking noise, I thought it was the body flexing but a couple days later I had my window down and heard it going down the road. It sounds like a squeaky door and is annoying as hell and very loud as well. I am right in the middle of moving to a new house this weekend so I hope it holds up until I can check the wheel bearings, but man it is embarrassing. What do wheel bearings run on these things, and should I change both the fronts or just the one making all the racket?

 

You have to replace the whole hub unfortunitially. So for one they're probably about $150-$200. Mine was $215 and I was only charged $50 for labor. How many miles are on you truck?

Check other possibilites too, it seems when wheel bearings go in these they make a real nasty sound, not just a squeeking. But ya never know, they're all diffrent

 

Ya, Holy Crap! I just checked and it is $225 here, hopefully it is something besides the wheel bearings.