Hello All,

I own a 98 Tacoma 4WD with a 2.7L engine. Well just yesterday I
noticed a noise from the front driver side wheel well. It started
suddenly. The noise sound like a quiet swishing type of grating which
has a definite point in the wheel rotation where it is loud then
dissapears until it reaches that spot again. I pulled the wheel off
and turned the hub around and the noise is coming from the hub
somewhere. As I said it sound like about one fifth of the rotation is
rubbing something and making a grating noise. Does this sound like
wheel bearings? It has 46,000 miles on it and I did the 30,000 mile
mainteance myself (I keep a log and receipts). I only checked the
bearings with the push pull test and it seemed OK. I have Extra Care
and hope this will cover the problem if it is the bearings, but we
will see. Any advice or opinions appreciated.

Bob Smith

Brake caliper dirty and seizing up?

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Bob Smith wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I own a 98 Tacoma 4WD with a 2.7L engine. Well just yesterday I
> noticed a noise from the front driver side wheel well. It started
> suddenly. The noise sound like a quiet swishing type of grating which
> has a definite point in the wheel rotation where it is loud then
> dissapears until it reaches that spot again. I pulled the wheel off
> and turned the hub around and the noise is coming from the hub
> somewhere. As I said it sound like about one fifth of the rotation is
> rubbing something and making a grating noise. Does this sound like
> wheel bearings? It has 46,000 miles on it and I did the 30,000 mile
> mainteance myself (I keep a log and receipts). I only checked the
> bearings with the push pull test and it seemed OK. I have Extra Care
> and hope this will cover the problem if it is the bearings, but we
> will see. Any advice or opinions appreciated.
>
> Bob Smith

In article <ca4a20b7.0310030805.2c5b9504@posting.google.com>,
rls2b@ntelos.net says...
> Hello All,
>
> I own a 98 Tacoma 4WD with a 2.7L engine. Well just yesterday I
> noticed a noise from the front driver side wheel well. It started
> suddenly. The noise sound like a quiet swishing type of grating which
> has a definite point in the wheel rotation where it is loud then
> dissapears until it reaches that spot again. I pulled the wheel off
> and turned the hub around and the noise is coming from the hub
> somewhere. As I said it sound like about one fifth of the rotation is
> rubbing something and making a grating noise. Does this sound like
> wheel bearings? It has 46,000 miles on it and I did the 30,000 mile
> mainteance myself (I keep a log and receipts). I only checked the
> bearings with the push pull test and it seemed OK. I have Extra Care
> and hope this will cover the problem if it is the bearings, but we
> will see. Any advice or opinions appreciated.
>
> Bob Smith
>

I would pop the pads out and try to push the caliper pistons back in,
you may find one or more is seized. I've burned up a pair of 4 piston
Toyota Calipers in less then two years myself.
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