Wheel Noise

[Bret Pardew]

I have a strange sound coming from the front right wheel. It sounds like a "wuh wuh wuh" once every rotation of the wheel noise that is most noticible at slow (<20 MPH) speeds. At first I thought it was a balance issue but that was not it. Then I was thinking something with the brakes. Anyway, has anyone experienced this problem? It is mostly just annoying.



Thanks,

Bret

 

[Dingo]

Cupping/feathering causes this too.

 

[Bret Pardew]

Forgot to add that the tires are in good shape and allignment done recently.

 

[Todd Z]

Tires can go bad, It could have shifted a belt or have some feathering of the inside causing the noise..



Todd Z

 

[EddieS'04]

If you are running the goodyear wrangler rt/s tires, thats the problem. They will feather or cup on the inside fronts. Some have had it happen even after alighnment.

 

[Ray Gunn]

Fast Eddie is right on target. My 2005 had the original Goodyear wrangler 255/70R16 when I bought it used with 31k miles. They made noise but I got use to it.



So with 54000 on the Goodyear tires, I just purchased new Bridgestone Dueler's and I can't believe how quiet the ride is.

 

[Bret Pardew]

This is not a tire problem.......Are there any other issues that this can be??



BP

 

[Dingo]

There's a tiny chance it could be the bearings, but I'm 99.99% sure it's the tires.

 

[eric huskey 2]

Sounds like a bad wheel bearing to me.

 

[Jon Kincer]

I had this problem on my dakota... It was a bad bearing and waited too long to fix it and almost lost the wheel going 65mph... take it to a shop and have them look at it!

 

[Bret Pardew]

Well, had it inspected today and it turns out that the tires are the cause. Thanks for all of the input...