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Sounds to me like a bearing isn't rotating freely inside the bearing assembly. Hence the scraping/whirring noise. If possible, pull a front hub off another car and fit it to yours (with consent of course) and see if that fixes it.

Not sure how a caliper could cause this issue, if it was sticking the brakes on then the car would pull one way and you'd be noticing heaps of uneven pad wear.

fraz91 wrote:Sounds to me like a bearing isn't rotating freely inside the bearing assembly. Hence the scraping/whirring noise. If possible, pull a front hub off another car and fit it to yours (with consent of course) and see if that fixes it.

Not sure how a caliper could cause this issue, if it was sticking the brakes on then the car would pull one way and you'd be noticing heaps of uneven pad wear.

Definitely doesn't pull, that's for sure.

Astron_Boy wrote:

fraz91 wrote:Sounds to me like a bearing isn't rotating freely inside the bearing assembly. Hence the scraping/whirring noise. If possible, pull a front hub off another car and fit it to yours (with consent of course) and see if that fixes it.

Not sure how a caliper could cause this issue, if it was sticking the brakes on then the car would pull one way and you'd be noticing heaps of uneven pad wear.

Definitely doesn't pull, that's for sure.

Gotta hate that...

Sahin wrote:

Astron_Boy wrote:

fraz91 wrote:Sounds to me like a bearing isn't rotating freely inside the bearing assembly. Hence the scraping/whirring noise. If possible, pull a front hub off another car and fit it to yours (with consent of course) and see if that fixes it.

Not sure how a caliper could cause this issue, if it was sticking the brakes on then the car would pull one way and you'd be noticing heaps of uneven pad wear.

Definitely doesn't pull, that's for sure.

Gotta hate that...

Yeah, kinda sucks......................................

im with Fraz on this bearing rooted first of all remove caliper and disc from assembly then spin it noise still there and bingo bearing it be. Note you dont have to have movement to have stuffed bearings could even be dry with no grease

Cool, consensus says bearing which is what I was hoping for.

It also means I paid some schmuck years ago for sitting around.

Astron_Boy wrote:It also means I paid some schmuck years ago for sitting around.

Wanna pay me to sit around instead?

Serious question though, do the FTO's have replacement hubs available that can be bolted straight in, or do you have to press the bearings out and back in? If it's the former, I'd be more than happy to help swap the new one in for you

Press jobs

You can just swap out the hub though.

Bennoz wrote:You can just swap out the hub though.

Cool. Means you also have spare wheel studs should one ever be stripped.

fraz91 wrote:

Bennoz wrote:You can just swap out the hub though.

Cool. Means you also have spare wheel studs should one ever be stripped.

Bennoz wrote:

fraz91 wrote:

Bennoz wrote:You can just swap out the hub though.

Cool. Means you also have spare wheel studs should one ever be stripped.

I think he means Lawso.

not necessarily lawso, but any tyre shop really. Have seen and replaced many stripped wheel studs on trucks at work. Having a complete hub assembly available means when you replace the original, you can keep the old studs as spares should the need arise.

So, tyre shops Lawso stuff also?
Well sh*t.

The difference is that Lawso strips it by hand, tyre shops strip it with a rattle gun.

Vectose wrote:The difference is that Lawso strips it by hand, tyre shops strip it with a rattle gun.

Yep. Technically speaking, the tyre shops are 1-upping lawso in this instance

fraz91 wrote:

Vectose wrote:The difference is that Lawso strips it by hand, tyre shops strip it with a rattle gun.

Yep. Technically speaking, the tyre shops are 1-upping lawso in this instance

Is such a thing possible?

bjk wrote:

fraz91 wrote:

Vectose wrote:The difference is that Lawso strips it by hand, tyre shops strip it with a rattle gun.

Yep. Technically speaking, the tyre shops are 1-upping lawso in this instance

Is such a thing possible?

Astron_Boy wrote:

bjk wrote:

fraz91 wrote:

Vectose wrote:The difference is that Lawso strips it by hand, tyre shops strip it with a rattle gun.

Yep. Technically speaking, the tyre shops are 1-upping lawso in this instance

Is such a thing possible?