Thread: Wheel Bearing?
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Old 1st October 2016, 23:16   #2
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Jack it up and check it out. If at all possible to do it safely, run it with the wheels off the ground. Also check brakes and calipers anyway.

You do not want a front wheel seizing on you on the motor-way.





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Originally Posted by Animesis View Post
Posted this a few weeks ago but a new problem has arisen, when cruising left there is a loud whine/rumble, can feel it through ones feet on the floor
Group diagnosed it as a bearing on the front o/s wheel

Past couple of days, if pulling out on a junction -for example- turning hard left, the wheel has fought back, as if the brake was jamming on, not a lock up, but a distinct grinding noise and force against moving forward on the o/s front wheel

Does this still sound like the bearing or something else to worry about?

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