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Grinding and Clunking noise coming from frontend of 2004 Silverado 4WD

cstrom2003

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My 2004 Silverado 4wd truck has some loud clunking and grinding coming from the front-end driver side at all speeds. It almost sounds like driving and hitting many bumps/cracks in the pavement along with a loud intermittent grinding. This noise seems to lessen quite a bit if I put the vehicle in 4wd, seems worse in 2wd. Would this be a wheel bearing, front universal joint, or front axle bearing? Anyone else have this problem and find the cause? Right now I drive the truck 50 miles to work and worried it might not make it home without a wheel falling off the way it sounds. I have an appointment with the garage tomorrow, so any idea beforehand what it could be would help me decide whether their fix has any added, not needed, expenses.

 

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00Silverado4x4 Senior Enthusiast

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Jack up the front end and check everything. It could be hub bearing, cv axle(s), u-joints. Just wiggle and spin everything. If it's making that much noise on the road you should be able to duplicate noise when your turning everything by hand.

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Just an update on this. I got the truck to the garage today and it was the driver's side front wheel bearing. The bearing was bad enough that on my way home from work last night it took out the ABS sensor just about the time I got home.

 

I did try what 06SierraZ71 mentioned and when I grabbed the front driver's side tire at 12 and 6 there was play in the wheel. So that did confirm it was most likely that wheel bearing.

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Glad you caught it before it caused any serious damage. When you buy the hub bearing it should come with the ABS sensor already attached so you won't need to buy it seperately. Pretty easy job, just did my driver side about a month ago.

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