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Tweek43110 · 02-13-2011, 10:57 AM

Im thinking one of the joints went bad but Im not sure. Please help from what you can see!

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There is play in the wheel only on the first side if i push at the top, almost as if there is a gap between the rotor and knuckle because if i take off the wheel on that side there is also play between the rotor and knuckle but when the rotor is off there is no movement. When in drive it vibrates back and forth and while driving it causes a rumbling noise, sounding almost out of balance, in the cabin.

I have had the wheel balanced at 3 different stores and swapped wheels thinking it was bent. Everything is torqued down to spec.

The vid will be posted up as soon as it gets done uploading to youtube

Bitter · 02-13-2011, 03:16 PM

wheel bearing maybe.

landphil · 02-14-2011, 05:44 PM

I'm thinking bent hub. Does it make grinding/rubbing noises when braking the from 5mph to 0, as well? I had to change one for the same reason on my wife's corolla after she hit a curb and pretzeled a wheel.

Tweek43110 · 02-14-2011, 06:13 PM

Its not the wheel bearing, forgot to say I had that changed lol

But Im leaning towards bent hub as well. I had to replace the rotors because I thought they were warped but it ended up being angled on the hub. I bought new ones but the same is happening to them. And yes there is a weird scraping/ squealing noise from the brakes at low speeds.

Ill look into a new hub and try to get it replaced this week!