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Originally Posted by Devbot
I feel you, it's NEVER one thing that goes wrong with my 4Runner - it's almost always 2 or 3 completely unrelated things happening at once.
I'm not very convinced it's coming from your wheel bearings, to me it sounds like two parts faintly contacting. I would suspect something around the brakes or CVs personally, a couple years ago I heard this very dull groaning out of nowhere that ended up being some piece of bark that got picked up in my wheel and wedged perfectly between the caliper and rotor. As far as faulty parts go I would highly suspect CVs first and foremost, I've never heard bearings clink with such little input unless they completely toast to begin with. But CVs love to clink and ratchet when they start going out. If you really want to you could take off the hub and spin it just to rule it out, its not horribly difficult to dismantle. All just my two cents.
I'm assuming the noise increases with speed? Does it get louder when turning/cornering?
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Man it's frustrating as hell, nothing for months and then bam two alarming items... Well, I still love her so it's alright.
Okay well I hope it isn't the bearings as I've read that the process for those is not fun... You know, thinking more about it I wonder if it is something related to the TBU. I've had very long pedal travel since the upgrade but it always stops. And I REALLY hope it isn't the CV's because those damn things are not even 2 years old... Though seeing as how new OEM ones are from China maybe they do suck...
Anyway, so you mean take off the tire and give her a spin? I think based on brillo's message it might be good for me to get down to the calipers and see if anything is astray.
So the noise doesn't seem to react to speed from what I can tell. I "feel" it in the pedals when moving slow and braking but barely when driving. Maybe a little bit?
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Originally Posted by brillo_76
Check your dust shields and your spring hardware.
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The springs that push the calipers out? I guess I need to check out the brakes in general. Maybe something came loose.
I feel better knowing it might not be bearings