Wheel wobble at 30 mph

Sport · **Posted:** Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:57 am

Once I get going I feel the jeep start to wobble or bounce a little and it goes away. At higher speeds I hear a whomp whomp sound as the tires rotate. I had an alignment done, wheel balance and rotation and it is still there. I checked front and rear drive shafts and they look fine. CVs look fine too, boots aren't torn and little to no play in the axles near the front diff. I am thinking either ball joints or worn wheel bearings. How do I check if the bearings are bad. I read online to lift the jeep up and push the wheel in and out to check for play? is that right? I have a set of Moog lowers joints just waiting for some time to put them in.

Sport · **Posted:** Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:59 pm

Well went on youtube and found a bunch of videos on how to check and replace hubs. Timken has some videos on there that were helpful. Also I found a good video for how to check the lower ball joint....I was doing it wrong. haha.

HoosierJeeper · **Joined:** Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:23 am **Posts:** 1218

Leaning toward the bearings, but check the LBJ's anyway, and replace since you already have them.

Sport · **Posted:** Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:32 pm

is this the part number for the hub with ABS or without? HA599467 does anyone know the part number for the one with ABS? thanks

Sport · **Posted:** Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:41 pm

Ok, I found them on Rockauto

for 4whl ABS
TIMKEN Part # HA599455L
TIMKEN Part # HA599455R

146.79 a piece plus shipping I would imagine.

infernicus · **Posted:** Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:16 pm

Looks like the price went up a bit.. I got mine for 120 a couple of months ago.
I ordered mine from
http://www.stockwiseauto.com/advanced_s ... cription=1
136 plus shipping.

Sport · **Posted:** Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:48 am

Thanks for that.

I checked them last night, spun the wheels and no noise other then brake pad sliding over the rotor. Then I did the horizontal check for movement and after about 10 minutes I concluded that I may be feeling a bit of movement on the drivers side. Very minimal but maybe that is all you need to make a difference. Also checked the LBJ and drivers side solid but the passenger side does have a little play. I will be swapping them in a few weeks and when I do I will pull the half shafts to inspect. After all that if I still have the issue then I will probably pick up the drivers side hub swap and test.

Wheel wobble at 30 mph

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