2002 Ford Explorer Repair Question
Mileage: 118,000 miles.
Hub bearing assembly
Asked by kcin520kAnswer
What is the problem, how do you know that you have a wheel bearing bad? What I do to isolate which bearing is bad is to put the vehicle up on hoist in neutral, spin each tire by hand while grasping the strut spring/or coil spring with the other hand, a good bearing will feel smooth in the spring, a bad bearing you will feel the roughness in the spring
i have a loud humming sound coming from front of truck. i was told i needed a hub bearing assembly when i got truck aligned. just dont know wich one. going to fix myself
If your sure its the front, go ahead and jack the front up and spin each one like I said, you will find it. Make sure to block the tires.
i will try that . thanks for the help!
PROTECH1980,
Gonna sling out one of my famous Hillbilly Diagnosing Techniques!
Get your buddy to drive
You have already set up your "Patent Pending" Diagnostic tooling
Using 2 appropriate lengths of your neighbor's "Used to Be" garden hose
Tape one end of each, to both front fenders nearest to the hub as you can get, without hitting your tire.......you know it!....Duct Tape!
Run the other ends into the cockpit, And cram 'em in your ears, so that, "You" the weapons Officer, can use this "South Carolina Sonar" to pick your target!
Now wasn't that special?!!
The Medic
I like it CJ, Hey, we all got our ways dont we. Well have a good day.
hey i did what you said except the water hose thing which i was dying to try , but figured i"d keep it simple. anyways it was the front left. i did it myself and it was"nt that bad. i drove it and it was much much much better, but i think i will have to replace the right one also. it has a slight humming sound comming from it. thanks for the tips.
Your welcome, glad we could assist.
You just can't get any simpler....I assumed you would talk your buddy into the acquiring and labor end of this....and you would be the "Man with the Plan"!
I reckon it's a "Who's Who" thing.....Sometimes my Excellent Ideas are given to the wrong buddy! lol!
You keep hangin' 'round here, PROTECH1980 will testify I can come up with some "Operational Doozies", down here...........Not "down under" (that a big ole island, where Crocodile Dundee lives)!........We do have gators towards the coast, But I'm sorta near the mountains, where you can hear them banjos echoing in the night!
Ya'll hang around now!
The Medic