squeal, squeak on my Tahoe and at my wits end!

03tahoe2014 · April 17, 2014

I have a 2003 Tahoe. Just recently I started getting a squeal type sound coming from the front drivers side (I'm pretty sure not positive). It gets faster as you drive and hitting the brakes has no effect so I'm sure it's not the brakes. Odd thing is when I kick it into 4 wheel drive it stops and doesn't come back for awhile. I checked the front differential fluid and it was a little low so I filled it. Everything on the front end is solid, wheel bearings seem fine, no rips in the cv boots or anything. I'm at a loss here. Any suggestions?

Btuggle88 · April 17, 2014

Could it possibly be the dust shield rubbing the back of the rotor? Did you do any work on it in that area recently?

03tahoe2014 · April 17, 2014

No, I can Jack it up and turn the tire by hand, nothing rubs or seems abnormal. I'm at a loss.

txab · April 17, 2014

Check all u-joints

03tahoe2014 · April 17, 2014

They all look fine and seem solid. Going to pull the front drive Shaft today and see if it goes away.

Btuggle88 · April 18, 2014

Keep us posted you got me curious now

03tahoe2014 · April 21, 2014

Ok just got around to pulling the drive Shaft yesterday. The rear universal joint on the front drive Shaft was pretty well locked up. I'm pretty positive this was the problem. Weird thing is that I thought the front drive Shaft wasnt supposed to turn unless the truck was in 4x4. Oh well, ordered the new universals so will be fixed up this week. Onto my next issue now, trying to bleed the breaks on my arctic cat 400 4x4. Time to research it because for some reason they won't bleed. Jeesh does everything have to break at once????