A new noise - oh joy!!!!

[ttora4runner]

Well, a new noise has decided to appear and I'm unsure of what it is.


The other day on my way to church (yes, I do go) I took an unimproved road for about 1/2 mile (no thanks to mapquest). When I hit pavement again I started to get a scraping/grinding noise when ever I turned the wheel to the right. I get back out of church and the noise had faded away to bearly aubile until I hit the dirt road again and it once again is a little more proment. By the time I get home the noise is gone.

Today, after doing some tooling around on a newly found dirt road the noise was again aubile once I hit pavement this time and turn right the noise became more pronounced and lasted for a longer period of time before fading away.

I'm just wondering what would cause this noise. Could it be a wheel bearing? Nothing is leaking or appears to be broken underneath.

[reggie 00]

did you get a rock stuck?

i have gotten rocks stuck in the shield around the brake rotor that made grinding noises.

[Erich_870]

Go hit that road again and this time STOP and look at your right wheel when you hear it :tongueout:

Erich :P

[Lee]

probably a rock stuck like reggie said.

next time you hear the noise, stop and go in reverse and pull back at a sort of brisk pace. see if you hear it pop out. regardless, shift back into drive/first and see if the noise is still there. if it is, try reversing a bit more briskly.

i used to do this as a natural habit/act when i wheeled my 01 4r... i had the worst luck with rocks/pebbles in water :laugh:

[ttora4runner]

Nope, no stuck rocks. Pull the wheel off gave everything a good look over but didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.

It was doing it again for a bit again yesterday while out exploring when turning to the right, then the bloody thing decideds to magically stop.

[garrett]

The other day on my way to church (yes, I do go)

yet you need mapquest to get there?? :angel:

[bobzworld]

does it sound like power steering grind? check the color of the power steering fluid? If it looks like choclate milk its probably the power steering pump....