Hello!
question for the group- I have a vibration & Sound (almost rubbing but not) emanating from my drivers side front wheel. I was on my way back from a road trip yesterday when this sound started to occur. I thought it was something in the brakes as it is cyclical/rotation related. It is not the brakes (i just took them apart) and all looks fine. My only thought is a possible hub & Bearing or the CV half axle. The Hub is fairly new, and there is no damage to any of the half axle boots. I have had a failure of a hub, and it does not sound like it is that. (FYI replaced diff fluid in 2020).
Does anyone have any clue what this might be?
It is a 2007 LR3 HSE running 32" tires it has 88k miles. I have been on top of all maintenance and just looking for any insight.
Thanks,
James

 

Hubs are easy to check, with wheel up in the air (jack up lower arm) and grab at 12/6. Any play, its the hub for sure. Also if the sound changes when turning left or right, then good chance its the hub If its an aftermarket hub and not Timken or ***, then in all likelihood its already failing. When you pulled the brakes, did you pull the rotor? Could be something lodged between rotor and dust shield - rather common. Axles are not prone to fail. I would still inspect diff fluid though and even check out the driveshafts. Sounds transfer incredibly well in the driveline.

 

Thanks! That is what I was thinking-
I did not pull the rotor, but I power washed in and around the brakes, thinking something was caught.
I ordered new Timken hubs, just in case, will have both redone-