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What's happening with my 4runner? Whirring/low-frequency noise at front

Discussion in '3rd Gen 4Runners (1996-2002)' started by 5runner02, Mar 22, 2019.

  1. Mar 22, 2019 at 6:00 PM
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    5runner02

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    Hey all! My car had been making noises in this video: https://streamable.com/dymia (noise starts at 10 seconds into the video. I've had my friend's mechanic replace the wheel bearings on the driver's and passenger side + rotors/front brake pads, and just recently I've had an alignment with tire rotations/wheel rebalanced. I thought the alignment would have helped but I still hear the same sound when driving around 30-40 MPH.

    Background to what happened: It was raining hard one night and hit and ran over a common curb on the left side. This is the 2WD SR5

    Thank you and I appreciate you all taking the time reading this post.
     
  2. Mar 23, 2019 at 11:23 PM
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  3. Mar 24, 2019 at 5:39 AM
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    Hmmm.. I definitely hear it. So it’s something rotating, if bearings and brakes were replaced I would rotate the tires see if the noise moves.
     
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  4. Mar 24, 2019 at 12:59 PM
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    Appreciate the reply but I had the tires rotated when I was getting an alignment at WheelWorks just a few days ago unless they actually didn't do it?
     
  5. Mar 24, 2019 at 1:08 PM
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    HoBoDanny

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    I mean maybe... but I kinda doubt it. For it being FWD it seams like you’ve covered everything unless something on the rear got out of whack as well.
     
  6. Apr 9, 2019 at 4:47 AM
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    It's hard to hear but it sounds like a broken belt in a tire. Did the noise move after the rotation?
     
  7. Aug 30, 2019 at 12:52 PM
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    @5runner02 Did you ever figure this out? I'm getting the same sound.
     
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