How did you come to the suspicion that you have a bad bearing? noises?

For a long time I thought I had a bad bearing back there; just kept ignoring it hoping it would be fine for long enough. The noise was a rhythmic tapping at different speeds. drove me frkn nuts waiting for that wheel to fly off doing 80 on the highway.

wheel had a perceivable amount of play, nothing worth repairing.

Finally, I was down there adjusting the ride height and decided to check all the parts for play.

... axle shaft. they wear out and the shaft will bounce back and forth between the CV ends. The rubber boots on each end act as the 'spring' sending it from side to side.

changed the shafts, no more noise. well, until my friend crashed it into a double bed gravel truck. that was probably pretty noise.

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