Was just n my way home and the passenger side hub decided to peace out, luckily I heard it and was going slow when it started to toss bearings out, lol. Had to get a tow home and order parts. I ended up going with the 1Aauto hub package. Rear some good reviews and for the price I paid I figured why the hell not. I believed it was all TRQ brand parts but I got (2) front hubs, (2) front rotors and a set of pads shipped for $190. Looked the parts over when they came in n and look better than I figured. Been a couple weeks now and the hubs are smooth as glass and the brakes are quiet and have great stopping. I’m happy with my decision. I did the driver side myself but a stripped bolt on the passenger side forced a mechanic. He also said the parts looked good. Next up is energy suspension poly front sway bushings and links, my passenger side link is on its way out. Probably order that today. Here are a few pics

 

As an owner with a grinding front hub myself, this is highly concerning!

is your body/fender ok? Wheel didn't get up on them did it?

 

Sometimes cheap parts are great, but depends on how much you like working on your truck. Also how long you plan on keeping the truck. Timken is the only bearings I buy.

The most important part is removing the ABS sensor and packing them full of grease. Timken bearings dont even come with that much grease in them. Aftermarket parts are setup to fail.

 

just so I understand, you continued to drive it knowing it had bad wheel bearings?

 

I'm doing the same thing 😂

but my truck is used like 20mi/wk right now. Once the riding season starts, I'm a little worried this is gonna be my next thread lmao

 

When my wheel bearing started to get bad, it intermittently tugged on the steering wheel to that side. There was no way I could have kept driving beyond getting home that day.

I've been thinking of painting my calipers red, is there a noticeable performance improvement?

 

Yea, I wasn’t 100% sure it was the hub making the noise at first. It sounded a lot like the brakes possibly. Funds dictate parts for me and usually the wife makes me wait till I break it. So yea I drove it for a while making that noise. The new hubs came complete with ABS sensors and new pigtails. There was no damage other than the hub itself. Once It started to change from a grind to a crunching I pulled over. I always paint my calipers, first brake change on this truck since buying so it got done.

 

i had a bad wheel bearing but it never made any noise only real issue was some bump steer, i found it was bad when i lowered my truck once it was on jack stands i grabbed the wheel to get it straight and was shocked there was a 1/4 to 3/8 inch movement

once i seen that looked over all the front end and found a inner tie rod on its way out so i just replaced all inner and outer tie rods

happy you stopped before your wheel left the party!

 

Me too, cause at the time my youngest daughter was with me. She was just happy we could let the truck idle while waiting on AAA cause it was cold out, lol. Ok t definitely could have been worse if I had been on the highway heading to/from work. Now I’m looking at the energy suspension bushings for the sway bar and seeing there are multiple sizes for the bar itself, seems all the links are the same but the bar diameter can vary so guess I’ll have to measure it before I order. Kinda odd all the 1500 trucks didn’t get the same size sway bars.

 

You guys lol, and red calipers! No, reason I asked...circa 1964 I'm 13 yrs old asleep in the back of my dad's beautiful '62 Impala and my mom was driving at night maybe 65 on a long trip in the rain. A front wheel bearing apparently already dry, locked up and took us across the opposite lane on a 2 lane road in front of traffic and spun us into a ditch under a barbed wire fence. It stopped us from flipping into a big tree thank God. Just brought back some memories. Don't delay if you can help it. $$ can be in short supply sometimes but I could have lived 55 less years so far if it would've been a few feet different...