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Originally Posted by fastfredracing
I find lots of bearings are singing away, making all sorts of noise, but have zero play in them when you shake them. Of course , if you find any play, there ya go .
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Long winded +1 below...........
Just finished a Jeep Grand Cherokee today that had perceived RF bearing noise but would not quiet with a flick of the wheel. Bought the bearing on the insistence of the owner. He said it was due at 200k miles.
Found the four bolts loose that hold the front drive shaft to the front differential from transfer case had been installed with blue loctite but were not tightened after a trans install two years ago. All bolt shoulders were 3/8" out and loctite was a pretty blue where they had not met threads. Made a noise that was "sloppy" when wheel was spun by hand and a had just a wee bit of movement.
"Fred, I found the noise", I say in a phone call. Fred says screw it, replace the bearing anyways.
Car is silent now but old bearing felt gravely. Not a bit of slop but it was tired.
I fixed the noise but I am not sure the bearing was the culprit. However, the noise was from the RF area and the front drive shaft is under the driver