# Front end bearing noise **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 16, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/front-end-bearing-noise/67165 "2011-08-16T18:40:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sause1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Sause1963](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sause1963)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/front-end-bearing-noise/67165/1 "2011-08-16T18:40:27Z")
Got a 07 Tacoma with front end wheel bearing noise. How far can I push this and will it cause more money damage in the long run ---
**Author:** ![Sause1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Sause1963](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sause1963)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/front-end-bearing-noise/67165/2 "2011-08-16T18:40:57Z")
Will it cause… ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/front-end-bearing-noise/67165/3 "2011-08-16T18:42:58Z")
**_Nobody Knows Yes_** CSA ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/front-end-bearing-noise/67165/4 "2011-08-16T19:56:47Z")
Have you jacked it up & spun the wheel to listen/feel to verify it is the bearing? The last time I had a bearing noise in my front end - and it sounded just like a bad wheel bearing - it came from a shop not having tightened my lug nuts. Did you check those? How are the tires? If it is a wheel bearing then you don’t mess with those - there’s no way to tell when you might get complete failure & complete failure is very bad - dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![mark9207](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mark9207](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mark9207)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/front-end-bearing-noise/67165/5 "2011-08-17T00:10:21Z")
It is impossible to predict how much longer you can go on like this, and it will get worse in fairly short order and can cause a lot of incidental damages, ranging from unusual tire wear to causing a serious accident when it fails completely. Total failure can come in the form of a wheel falling off or a wheel locking up, and neither will be pretty. The last time I had wheel bearing noise show up in one of my vehicles, I fixed it the same month it started, due to the safety factor and because I can’t stand to drive something that sounds and drives like junk. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/front-end-bearing-noise/67165/6 "2011-08-17T00:22:35Z")
If the wheel stays on when the bearing totally fails, the locked up bearing can cause damage to the spindle/hub/knuckle. So not only do you have the failed bearing to replace, but also the damaged components from the failed bearing. Which costs more money. Replace the bearing. Tester ---
**Author:** ![Sause1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Sause1963](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sause1963)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/front-end-bearing-noise/67165/7 "2011-08-17T00:39:21Z")
That’s what I thought. I did jack it up an spin it with no noise. I took the wheel off also. I will probably replace both at the same time. Thanks for all the replys. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/front-end-bearing-noise/67165/8 "2011-08-17T00:44:19Z")
If you have not inspected the tire tread wear pattern it’s also possible that an irregular wear pattern, if it exists, can mimic a wheel bearing noise.