Well during our last snow storm i was out doing what i love best. Driving when and were others wont. and i went from 4wd back to 2wd and backed up 4ft or so like usual to ensure my hubs unlock. Then when i got to around 50 mph in drive i heard a bang and the truck kinda shuttered. So like any of us i let out a curse and then pulled over and inspected my chariot. i didnt find any signs of catrophic damage so i continued on my merry way. The following day i got in to go to my g/fs house and i got this horrible grindding/squeek/rubbing noise from my front end. the noise was accompanied by my ABS light comming on. so i jacked it up and rotated each tire. when i rotate my left hub it spins no problem. but the right side requires quite a bit of force and if you rotate it fast enough it will spin the left wheel as well. and about 6 hours later i heard people "jacking deer" from my woods so i jumped into my starnger in took off into the dense snowy forest. and while driving i noticed a horible metal on metal squeek. So thru all of my poking and prying i have troubleshot the problem to be my hub/wheel bearing? and should i be replacing both sides or just the bad side?

 

I replaced my axle bearings, the bearings on the inside and outside of my rotors if thats what your talking about. on my '94 4X4, since they where making a whirling sound. Both are great now. DONT FORGET DUST SEALS. Unless you magically can pop metal seals out without a bend at all

 

well mines an 03 so the hub and bearingg are a sealed unit. And i replaced my passenger side hub today it was clearly bad it had about 1/8 inch of play give or take. and i took it for a test drive and the growling noise is still there. It almost sounds like i have real aggresive swampers on the front but i dont so. could it be the other hub as well or should i be looking in the my differental carrier?

 

wheel bearing tend to go in pairs at least mine went less than 10k apart. Mine were bad enough to get the rotor to touch the caliper. Also a half shaft going bad can make a noise and vibration you feel in the wheel.

 

Hum okay i am hoping its just the other hub lol and the wierd thing is i dont feel the vibration in my entire steering wheel i can only feel something at the bottom of the wheel but i can deff feel it in my feet