It's a 4x4, so it has front CV axles.
Make sure you check the boot on the outer joint because lots of grease
in the wheel well and wheel can be a torn boot, and a bad CV will make
some noise of it's own before it lets loose.
On 09/02/2012 10:07 AM, John Dunlap wrote:
> it's not really that hard to get in there unless, like me, it's rough on the back to get that low to the ground
>
> >From John's iPhone
>
> On Sep 2, 2012, at 10:15 AM, David Gersic <info@zaccaria-pinball.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Saturday, September 01, 2012 05:25:31 PM you wrote:
>> I have a feeling that I have a front wheel hub going bad (2001 4x4). Is
>> there any way to know for sure? (Preferably that doesn't involve removing
>> the brake rotor.)
> Just curious, but why don't you want to pull the rotor?
>
>
>> What's making me suspect it is:
>> - A lot of grease on the wheel and in the well
>> - A low "grinding" noise... actually I feel it more than hear it
>> - My '95 had similar symptoms at about the same mileage, and it was the
>> hub.
> Sounds like a reasonable guess, yeah.
>
>
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