Bear with me this is my first repair on this car.
So, I figured I had a bad front left (driver's side) wheel bearing. Typical rumbling grumbling that got worse on right hand turns, got quieter when straight. So I started to tear into the thing to do the wheel bearing but couldn't find any slop or noise, however, when I went to the passenger side to turn the tire to the right so I could work, I noticed a clicking from the inner right side CV joint. Turns out that boot is torn. The driver's side CV axle seems fine.
Question: Could that CV joint being bad mimic a bad wheel bearing noise? Never had this when I owned an S10 4wd Blazer, only a clicking noise or maybe a slight vibration.
I really don't want to be replacing wheel bearings if the problem is the CV shaft, which, btw, I'll be replacing now I know it's bad.
EDIT: Guess I should simply replace the axle and see if the noise goes away, right? Just already have the bearings on hand and am half a step away from being able to replace it. Curious if a bearing will only present as a problem when the car is sprung under weight but be fine while up on stands.
Thanks.
So, I figured I had a bad front left (driver's side) wheel bearing. Typical rumbling grumbling that got worse on right hand turns, got quieter when straight. So I started to tear into the thing to do the wheel bearing but couldn't find any slop or noise, however, when I went to the passenger side to turn the tire to the right so I could work, I noticed a clicking from the inner right side CV joint. Turns out that boot is torn. The driver's side CV axle seems fine.
Question: Could that CV joint being bad mimic a bad wheel bearing noise? Never had this when I owned an S10 4wd Blazer, only a clicking noise or maybe a slight vibration.
I really don't want to be replacing wheel bearings if the problem is the CV shaft, which, btw, I'll be replacing now I know it's bad.
EDIT: Guess I should simply replace the axle and see if the noise goes away, right? Just already have the bearings on hand and am half a step away from being able to replace it. Curious if a bearing will only present as a problem when the car is sprung under weight but be fine while up on stands.
Thanks.