Front end bearing noise issue

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Hi guy's

I have an issue with the lx. I have a high pitched bearing noise from the front end of the truck.

-The pitch of the noise does not change with the speed of the lx. but starts at about 20 mph and cont. to up to 80+ mph. It stops below 5 to 10 mph. Braking has no effect.

-The noise does stop when the lx is in a turn in either direction, and starts again out of the turn.

I rebuilt the front axle, brakes and replaced all of the races, bearings and seals about 1000 miles ago. (thanks CDan) I used mobil 1 on the wheel bearings and stay lub moly w/graphite in the birfs. Using super teck oil in the front axle. It's cheap and replaced at evey watercrossing... The lx has about 130K miles currently. I am running 285/75-16 BFG KO's and 100 series pads and new rotors in the front.


I have torn down the front axle again to inspect the wheel bearings and races and also used prussian blue to look for high spots in the races, nothing was noted. I have the preload on the bearings running at 9# passanger side and 11# on the driver side via the fish scale. I also regreased the brass bushing in the spindle housing. Still have the noise.:mad:

Any ideas? BTW I had no noise before the rebuild. :confused:

This is not my first yota front axle rebuild, I rebuilt my 85 pickup without any issues or noises.

Anyone local willing to listen to the noise?

Thanks
 
It might be the 100 series brake pads rubbing against the new rotor. There is a thread somewhere here to "break in new rotors & pads"
 

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