I thought for sure it was a wheelbearing. its a warble warble warble commoing from the front noticable at everyspeed. does it in 2wd, 4wd, and in neutral coasting. tried to rotate the tires.. replaced the front right ( sounds louder there??) wheel bearing, and its till there, planning the other side, but at 180.00 a piece.. its gonna get old. best thing is, found a bad right lower balljoint. yeah yeah yeah Ive read the balljoint posts numerous times, and avoided it.

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The bearings are only $180 a piece? I thought they were more like $400.

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I bought it at oreillys it came to 180.82 with tax ( without ABS ). put it in myself .. easier than i thought. took exactally 1 hour from up on the jack untill I was driving it again.

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140,000 MILES , 36,000 on the motor
9" color screen overhead tv/dvd player
playstation 2
chrome grille
extra large ashtray
L.O.S.T sticker & a harley logo.
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WOW What ever happened to $30 wheel bearings!!

My old beater bronco II were only like 18 bucks for a set of bearings!

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2005 Sport with "STUFF"

The same thing that happened to gas for $1.30 a gallon.

1.30 a gallon? hah! make that .96 a gallon....man this world has gone to #*%&

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2004 KJ Sport 4x4 - Maroon
235/70/16 Firestone Destination A/T
T-Case and Engine Skids
Husky Front Liners
Escort PASSPORT-X50 Radar hardwired HIGH
ALPINE 9857 w/ full iPod controls
Infinity BassLink I Sub

Does the sound vary with speed? If so, I have had that same sound for months now, took it to the dealer and they said it was the left front wheel bearing and like you I changed it out myself, even though deep down I kinda knew a wheel bearing wasan't going to fix it. I still have the sound. I have tested the front end by lifting one tire at a time and rotating each one separately. I found the sound is loudest from the right side of the differential. I am still under warranty, but really don't want to take it to the dealer, last time all they could say was negative about my Frankenlift. I am contemplating trying another dealer or taking out the front differential myself and installing a Detroit TT while I have it out.

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2002 Silver Sport 4x4 3.7L-5 Speed NV3550 Manual Transmission-NV231J TC-Frankenlift-AllJ Interior Rack-ARB Bumper-Hella Driving Lights-Electric Trailer Brake-Moog LBJs-JBA 4.5 UCAs-Detroit Trutrac (Front)-245/70/16 Dueler A/T Tires-Amsoil EaA201 Air Filter-Tom Woods Custom Front Drive Shaft-Rock Lizard Gecko HD Roof Rails-Onboard Co2

Design for assembly became more important than design for service. The wheel bearing doesn't get replaced, the ENTIRE HUB gets replaced. The hub-bearing assembly is not servicable.

Rockauto dot com has the non ABS hub for $161 and the ABS model for $165.

It also helps to make friends with the owner of a napa store. I got a front hub/bearing for $107.