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shelby987 · 01-21-2006, 09:34 AM

I am new to 4x4's so bear with me.....my truck start squealing yesterday afternoon....very slightly, and I could only hear it with the window down, and while slowing down.....sounds like it coming from the front end (to me it almost sounds like the squeal on disc brakes when the warning spring starts to ride on the disc....but I have drums), this morning, its gotten so audible that I can hear it while driving at 50mph down the road.....am I looking at wheel bearing replacement here?
If so, can I get a step by step breakdown? Please tell me the parts for the dana 44hd are an over the counter part! (its the truck in the sig. if you need more specifics)
Thanks

jhow66 · 01-21-2006, 10:21 AM

Maybe a brake spring came loose in drum. Never heard a bearing make that kind of noise.

**VetteVet** · 01-21-2006, 04:08 PM

It's not that hard to pull the wheel hubs and check the bearings and then you can repack them if they're good. If they are bad you'll end up damaging the spindles or worse and you don't want that. You can check the brake springs at the same time as Jhow said

01-21-2006, 09:34 AM	#1
shelby987 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Just outside Durham, NC Posts: 894	wheel bearings squeal??? I am new to 4x4's so bear with me.....my truck start squealing yesterday afternoon....very slightly, and I could only hear it with the window down, and while slowing down.....sounds like it coming from the front end (to me it almost sounds like the squeal on disc brakes when the warning spring starts to ride on the disc....but I have drums), this morning, its gotten so audible that I can hear it while driving at 50mph down the road.....am I looking at wheel bearing replacement here? If so, can I get a step by step breakdown? Please tell me the parts for the dana 44hd are an over the counter part! (its the truck in the sig. if you need more specifics) Thanks __________________ 1969 SS 350 Camaro Sold 2008 1970 3/4T K20, stock height with 33's, 250 I6, 3 on the tree, and locked front and rear 4.10's 1980 Chevy Malibu 2 dr Sold 2007 1993 Olds. Cutlass Ciera Wagon Traded 2006 2003 Saturn L200 w/5pd. D/D My list spans 5 decades with One common thread.....GM!

01-21-2006, 10:21 AM	#2
jhow66 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Knoxville Tenn. Posts: 3,058	Re: wheel bearings squeal??? Maybe a brake spring came loose in drum. Never heard a bearing make that kind of noise. __________________ 56 Chevy Bel-Air 2dr. HT (purchased new) 71 Chevy Cheyenne SWB PU (502HO) 65 GMC short bed step--work in progress and my gofer

01-21-2006, 04:08 PM	#3
VetteVet Msgt USAF Ret Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 8,714	Re: wheel bearings squeal??? It's not that hard to pull the wheel hubs and check the bearings and then you can repack them if they're good. If they are bad you'll end up damaging the spindles or worse and you don't want that. You can check the brake springs at the same time as Jhow said __________________ VetteVet metallic green 67 stepside 74 corvette convertible 1965 Harley sportster 1995 Harley wide glide Growing old is hell, but it beats the alternative.



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