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I'd verify it before replacing.SFA1500 wrote:Hey fellow Pathy owners,
I have owned my '05 Pathfinder for around 1 year now and it just recently hit 137k miles. Its a great truck and has been super reliable to me so far.
Recently I have felt what I can only describe as a very slight rubbing that I believe is coming from the front driver-side wheel. The rub feels like it hits at the same point in rotation each time when driving. I feel it increasingly when I turn left more than when straight or right turned. This seems like a bad wheel bearing to me which I guess means I should just go ahead and replace both of the fronts.
Does this sound correct to y'all? If this is correct can anyone point me in the way of a video that shows me how to do it. I can't pay the $350 per wheel quote I was given by a shop.
How would I verify this?eieio wrote:I'd verify it before replacing.SFA1500 wrote:Hey fellow Pathy owners,
I have owned my '05 Pathfinder for around 1 year now and it just recently hit 137k miles. Its a great truck and has been super reliable to me so far.
Recently I have felt what I can only describe as a very slight rubbing that I believe is coming from the front driver-side wheel. The rub feels like it hits at the same point in rotation each time when driving. I feel it increasingly when I turn left more than when straight or right turned. This seems like a bad wheel bearing to me which I guess means I should just go ahead and replace both of the fronts.
Does this sound correct to y'all? If this is correct can anyone point me in the way of a video that shows me how to do it. I can't pay the $350 per wheel quote I was given by a shop.
I'd also do both if one is bad.
Did you try "googling" for a video?
verify: remove wheel, turn rotor by hand checking for play or roughnessSFA1500 wrote:How would I verify this?eieio wrote:I'd verify it before replacing.SFA1500 wrote:Hey fellow Pathy owners,
I have owned my '05 Pathfinder for around 1 year now and it just recently hit 137k miles. Its a great truck and has been super reliable to me so far.
Recently I have felt what I can only describe as a very slight rubbing that I believe is coming from the front driver-side wheel. The rub feels like it hits at the same point in rotation each time when driving. I feel it increasingly when I turn left more than when straight or right turned. This seems like a bad wheel bearing to me which I guess means I should just go ahead and replace both of the fronts.
Does this sound correct to y'all? If this is correct can anyone point me in the way of a video that shows me how to do it. I can't pay the $350 per wheel quote I was given by a shop.
I'd also do both if one is bad.
Did you try "googling" for a video?
I have googled it but there are two types of bearings ones that simply push in slightly and those that need to be pressed. I was wondering which our Pathfinders have on the front wheels?
might it be possible to press the old bearings out of the hub and press new ones in (i'm fortunate to have not had to look at that yet)?disallow wrote:Our pathys have hub bearing assemblies on the front. They tend to be more expensive, but are very easy to replace.
used to do it all the time in the motorcycle/ATV industry as those bearings are nearly never a component part of an assemblydisallow wrote:I'm all for non-conventional fixes. However, i tried this once and the parts were so mashed up there was nothing to read on them.
In my experience with hub assembly bearings the noise seems to travel from one side to the other. So that noise you are hearing/feeling is probably coming from the opposite side. I used to work at Sears Auto and this happened all the time. Very weird how the sound/feel travels from each side. I personally had this issue with my Dodge. I felt it on the Drivers side so I swapped out the drivers side and sound/feel was still there. I ended up swapping out the passenger side and the problem was resolved.SFA1500 wrote:Update!
Grabbed a new bearing assembly from the local parts store, with it costing $200 bucks. Luckily my friend works at a private shop so we stayed late one night and just swapped it out. Took 45 minutes with air tools and being on a lift, but without those things I would give yourself about two hours of time.
My only issue is there is still a fair amount of noise and a rubbing feeling coming from the same tire, but I have to wonder if this is just a poorly balanced tire after driving around on the bearing for so long. Will have to get a rotation and balance and check back in.