Front-End Rolling Noise

[03 Sport]

Dude, that's totally legitimate. Hell, I'd consider anything. But no, it's even gotten worse in the last few days, so it's actually presenting itself pretty clearly now. Definitely passenger bearing.

[bigkat91]

i have a tapping sound come from my front end very metallic sound also when i shift from park to reverse i sometimes get a clunk sound like my old truck does(it has a bad pinion bearing) any ideas

[bigkat91]

turns out it was the darn plastic hub caps:facep alm:

[gideon1331]

I had to remove a wheel cover from my car because it was making noise (looks like the previous owner beat it up pretty bad) but it was a very high pitched squeal...no growling to it at all.

Glad you found the source of the noise and that it was nothing serious. If only removing that cover fixed the growling noise from the crappy tires too...

[GT_REVVA]

do all Corollas have this issue? it drives me crazy in my 07 S.
i'd hate to change the wheel bearings and find out its not the problem.

[balbrec2]

Well I am back to square one again. Pulled all wheels today to inspect bearings
and could not find one wheel with any play in it all bearings turned freely with no
roughness or grinding at all. Perhaps it is the tires after all since the noise seems much
more pronounced between 30-40 mph. also when slowing the car down you can hear it more.
still have that clicking (knocking) sound coming from a wheel in the back when braking but
the brakes seemed ok to me when I had the wheel off. I really don't want to pay a garage for
for diagnostic time. Any other ideas from you folks would be appreciated. Thanks

balbrec2

[alligatorgar]

Here is a wirite up I did on my corolla project resently.

The 03 toyota corolla ce has the front hubs pressed into the front bearings that are then pressed into the front wheel bearings. This means to change the front wheel bearings you will need to take the knuckles off and bring them to a shop that does their own pressing. (Note: the axle nut is a 12 star 30 mm use a deep well) (Note: the new axle O’Reilys sold me had a 32 mm 6 point nut on it use a deep well.) This can be tricky because there is a special press plate needed to press out the hubs. I brought mine to;
Margot
7700 Airline Hwy
Baton Rouge, La 70815
(225) 927-3700
This place is amazing they repair anything from a Toyota corolla to tractor trailers and school buses. Very impressive operation.
They pressed the bearings in for $55.00 each side.

I got the wheel bearings from O’Reilys.
510070 $32.99 ea.

While doing this job I went ahead and changed out the cv joints.
I got the cv from O’Reilys.
Left T08090 $60.99
Right T08092 $69.99
These joints come with the anti lock ring on them but its easy to use a punch to remove the ring. When installing the new cv put a little petroleum jelly around the shaft where the seal sits so it will slide smoothly on. You can rip the seal reinstalling the shaft if it is dry. Put anti seize on the cv shaft that has the splines for the hub it will make it easier to remove the hub in the future.

Getting the passenger cv joint out only required a pry bar and some muscle. (Drain the trans fluid before removing these shafts.)
Getting the drivers side out required much more. There is no where to pry from on the drivers side. I ended up tying two pieces of rope to the cv joint and attaching them to 2 15 pound dumb bells (I wish I had 50 lbs dumbbells it would have been easier). I gave it a few mighty yanks and the cv joint came flying out. I suggest you take off the strut if you do this and get the brake caliper high up out of the way. I had blankets in front of the cv joint so it would pad its landing. I ended up with a leak because the shaft end hit the seal on the way out. This seal is a breeze to change so don’t be scared to change them. out. I recommend changing these seals out considering how easy it is to change them. Cheap insurance so you don’t have to take everything apart again like I did. I used a seal removal tool purchased from harbor freight (it worked great). Just tap them in with a small block of wood.

O’Reily
Left seal 710109 $13.49
Right seal 710110 $8.49
Or
Toyota dealer
Left seal 1111190311-34023 $9.57
Right seal 1111190311-34026 $12.69

I’m an expert on this project now. Just a fyi before this project I had the front end alignment done and after doing this job I had it aligned again. It was not out of alignment so the shop tells me. It was still within spec. Just some food for thought.