[nreese]

I'm driving down the road just now and start feeling a hard vibration and my wheel and tire sound like they're clunking. I can feel the whole front end moving when this happens and on the passenger side I have some grease coming from the outer axle seal. Anyone have a clue or where I should start to try to fix it? I have an hour commute home tonight too. After about a half mile it will stop and then another half mile start up again.

Thanks in advance!

PS I've been through death wobble and planman's fix and I know its 100% not that.

 

[Robnoxious1]

I'm driving down the road just now and start feeling a hard vibration and my wheel and tire sound like they're clunking. I can feel the whole front end moving when this happens and on the passenger side I have some grease coming from the outer axle seal. Anyone have a clue or where I should start to try to fix it? I have an hour commute home tonight too. After about a half mile it will stop and then another half mile start up again.

Thanks in advance!

PS I've been through death wobble and planman's fix and I know its 100% not that.

Have you checked the lug nuts to see if theyre tight? After that I would look at the three bolts that hold the unit bearing/hub. If your hearing a clung something is more than likely loose.

 

[tkob1060]

I'm going to guess its front hub unit bearing, does the camber look bad? I would jack up the tire and try to move it in and out and also grab top and bottom of it and see if it rocks back and forth. As bad as you describe it I would seriously consider getting it towed home. Least probable but gotta ask are lug nuts tight?

when my hub bearings were shot the camber was so bad it made it look like the axles were bent

 

[nreese]

Going to check the lugs and hub bearing now...

 

[nreese]

Lugs are good and of fuckin course I didn't bring my high lift with me to work. I have some pics i'm loading up right now too.

 

[nreese]

 

[nreese]

Definitely messed fml

 

[Dutchboy101]

Have someone move your steering wheel left to right and back again. Check under the Jeep for any movement of the trackbar, Control arm bolts movement, as they might be loose or have wallowed out bracket holes.

 

[Dutchboy101]

Also, check to see if any of you tire balancing weights are missing

 

[Robnoxious1]

Are you running wheel spacers?

 

[tkob1060]

Have someone move your steering wheel left to right and back again. Check under the Jeep for any movement of the trackbar, Control arm bolts movement, as they might be loose or have wallowed out bracket holes.

this ^

the drivers side camber looks a tiny bit off, if nothing moves when turning the wheels and watching underneath i would definitely vote hub bearing and if its bad enough to make clunking definitely dont drive it home 1 hr

 

[ASSFROW]

where are you? also look at the axle u joints

 

[nreese]

Yeah I'm running spacers. The problem stopped I made it home alright going to take it apart tomorrow. I live in Frederick

 

[Robnoxious1]

Yeah I'm running spacers. The problem stopped I made it home alright going to take it apart tomorrow. I live in Frederick

Good to hear you made it ok. Check the lugs on the spacers too. Kinda weird that its intermittent.

 

[nreese]

So I'm stuck after getting it in the air and testing for play there is none. However when I initially put it in the air to check for play when I got it up the bottom of the tire kicked out just a tiny bit maybe half an inch or so. Any suggestions to what this might be or should I take it to a shop. I'm planning on the ride this weekend with jersey and Michigan crew too

 

[tkob1060]

So I'm stuck after getting it in the air and testing for play there is none. However when I initially put it in the air to check for play when I got it up the bottom of the tire kicked out just a tiny bit maybe half an inch or so. Any suggestions to what this might be or should I take it to a shop. I'm planning on the ride this weekend with jersey and Michigan crew too

with the tire on, or even with it off pull in and out on the tire or rotor and see if it feels like the axle shaft moves in and out a little bit, like 1/2 inch give or take. that is a sign it is your unit hub bearing

 

[Mcflurry301]

I am having this same issue and have 4 codes.... C1014, C1011, C10..,C1016.... its saying tone ring, WSS, and a few others cant r/m right now... When jacked up and I got the top and bottom of the tire it wiggles about half and inch....Would it be the bearing and if so should I replace the tone ring also if possible?