MolaKule
Staff member
From another thread:
The same thing happened to me the other day with the Frontier as what sounded like a left front hub bearing getting louder.
It turned out to be the Kelly tires, as these aggressive tread truck tires tend to cup or get flat spots.
Since they have sufficient tread depth, it looks like next spring a new set of tires is warranted.
Fordiesel69 said:I was on the highway and noticed a roar that was identical to having faulty wheel bearings. When I slowed down the sound would fade, but the pitch did not. The funny part is that when I resumed the cruise control, it would not come back right away, rather it would get louder for every 30 sec that went by. It caused me great distress thinking that I either have some kind of front or rear bearing failure starting. I spent quite some time changing speeds trying to diagnose it, but got more baffled as time went on...
The same thing happened to me the other day with the Frontier as what sounded like a left front hub bearing getting louder.
It turned out to be the Kelly tires, as these aggressive tread truck tires tend to cup or get flat spots.
Since they have sufficient tread depth, it looks like next spring a new set of tires is warranted.