Wheel bearing question

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Wheel bearing question

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If I have a wheel bearing going out, would the vibration/noise be constant regardless of vehicle speed?

Here's the situation. When I get the truck up to 60 mph, there is a definate vibration coming from the front end. If I slow down, shift it into N, the vibration will continue until I slow down to about 35 then all is ok.

I replaced the u joints back in Feb, so I know its not that.
It is not coming from the engine, and it does it at the same MPH no matter if its in D or OD, so pretty sure its not the transmission.

Have not jacked it up to check for any movement in the front wheels yet, get to that Wed.
So I'm thinking wheel bearings or something in the front axle. Any ideas? :idea:
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are your wheels balanced? Also a broken belt in a tire could do that, but you wouldnt be able to actually see that its bad.. I think the last time i had a wheel bearing go out it was making a loud grinding noise rather than vibration...who knows
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I just replaced a rear wheel bearing in my 05 Equinox, and can tell you that 99 times out of 100, the noise does change with wheel speed. At least the rears are easy to change on a FWD, 5 lug nuts, and 3 bolts to hold the bearing on.
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Yeah, its making the grinding noise too. Wheels are balanced. Gonna check it out tomorrow, see if I've got any endplay and go from there. Thanks for the input.
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Jacked the truck up this evening and noticed that a wheel weight was missing from my right front wheel. Just had them balanced at the end of Sept. Sooooo, gonna take it to the shop tomorrow and see what happens
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Re: Wheel bearing question

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cool let us know if it fixes your problem
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