... needing new front wheel bearings at only 117k on the 2o11

JayQQ97

JayQQ97

MW surVivor ... clutched. 367k on the 0D0
start here i suppose for education to accomplish this task
recent new tires did NOT solve the whiny drone noise :mad:

 
apparently those falkens were making MAJOR road noise droning for past year+
couldnt really tell and had to wait for new tires to see if the drone went away
it did not...not as noisy but still a drone o_O
suspect wheel bearings now and must throw parts at it see if drone goes away
 
have had no rainy or snow experience yet with 'em
they are quiet at highway speeds and seem stable at 90mph
 
I gotta an appointment with town fair tire tomorrow to go back, and have my tires rebalanced. There's a tiny steering wheel vibration at exactly 67 mph that wasn't there with the old tires. I just hope these guys have a road force balancer, or they will be chasing their tails.
 
Road tested the kumho on rainy wettish roads
true test came when I throttled down that 4bangar to climb an uphill onramp aggressively to the freeway from 25mph to 65
No noticeable slippage, good gripping, did not trigger traction control
The michelins on the gen1 would've been slipping all over I betcha, but that gen1 v6 is a high torqued beast unlike the gen2
But otherwise feel pleased with kumho so far
 
Was at town fair this afternoon getting my kumho tires rebalanced. They found one of the stick-on weights missing from the passenger front tire. It must of fell off, or got dislodged somehow. Good thing they give a 30 day warranty on all work done. I guess for looks they no longer use those old school external crimp-on weights. I'll find out tomorrow if all is good when I take my rocket ship taco out for a blast.
 
I've got aluminum wheels on my 2020 tacoma, but still had those old school crimp-on weights on my 2001 tundra that had aluminum wheels also. I haven't a truck with steel wheels since the late 70's.
 
I had a 73 Datsun pickup with conventional steel whee,l and a 78 toyota wolverine conversion with those white steel wagon wheels back in the day, but every toyota pickup owned from the 80's on came with some sort of cast aluminum wheels. Steel wheels suck, the paint peels on them, plus their heavy hurting fuel economy, and performance. I swear their were places I could run faster than those early 4 cylinder pickups I had with steel wheels.
 
Back from road testing this tacoma. All is good with the tires since being rebalanced. Smooth as a baby's butt up to speeds I can't post for fear I'll be incriminated.
 
If you suspect the left side wheel bearing, you may want to make sure it's not that differential needle bearing for the axle on that side by putting it in 4wd, and see if the noise goes away. Kind of early for a wheel bearing failure, but not that needle bearing. At any rate stop procrastinating about this what it could be, and fix it asap. That stuff is nothing to fool with.
 
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it sounds horrific at 60mph :confused:

sharp right turn noise goes away

engaging 4wd no noticeable change
 
Well that does sound like a wheel bearing about to go total tapioca. I take it you don't see any torn cv joint boots leaving the joint exposed to crud? Best advice is to break open the piggy bank, stop driving the truck, and get that fixed, unless you prefer something more major to happen.
 
tacojoel said:
Well that does sound like a wheel bearing about to go total tapioca. I take it you don't see any torn cv joint boots leaving the joint exposed to crud? Best advice is to break open the piggy bank, stop driving the truck, and get that fixed, unless you prefer something more major to happen.
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like the wheel to freeze up whilst in motion?

shiitttshop gonna want over 700$ perhaps more than 1500$ if they wish to do both sides parts are over 400$ MSRP for just one side

this is a relatively simple DiY i think... since i was able to change the rotors last year, not a whole lot more to it with a preassembled unit
...i just don't have all the parts on hand in the present
 
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