How Do I Find Out Which Hub?

[mike2002]

edit: turns out the hub is bad, how do i find out which hub without paying a dealership $75 to say "left" or "right"?


so im driving to forest lake about a hour away. i hear some crackling, my right front speaker stops working.

about 10 minutes later, i notice my "abs/trac-off/service vehicle soon" lights are on. im not sure how long they had been on, since it was so sunny it was washing my whole display out.

im thinking, GREAT now i need a new wheel hub (common problem im sure most of you know), and somthings wrong with my stereo

i get to where im going, go to leave, and the lights all come back on. i go to the gas station, fill up, re start the car, lights come back on, this time my abs engages for no reason while driving right before the lights come on.

then i get home, go out to my car. i figure ill look at the stereo first since it probably easier fixed and will put me in a little better mood. pop open the trunk, pull back the carpet. notice one of my crossovers that was double taped to the inside rear fender let go of the tap, and pulled itself out of the wires. so i reconnected it, and re-mounted it.

then i go to bring my car into the garage to jack it up, the lights never came on. so i took it for a spin, stopped a few places. drove about 20 minutes with 3 restarts, they never came back on

so maybe my hub is going bad, and its just a wierd coincidence. but right when my speaker disconnected itself, the lights came on. and were on for 3 restarts. when i fixed the speaker, they stayed off for three restarts......

wierd huh?


my radio is all aftermarket, cd/amp/speakers. the 4 wires that were going up to the doors (2 for the woofer, 2 for the tweeter) are original though.

could have been a coincidence, could have not been.........id say just keep an eye on everything and the way it drives.....see if anything comes back on......thats about all you can do

[-Alero-]

Lol the car cant run without the speakers on!

Originally posted by -Alero-@Apr 3 2005, 01:46 AM
Lol the car cant run without the speakers on!

Quoted post

amen to that........if i had no radio in my car id shoot myself lol

[mike2002]

damnit my wishful thinking failed me

i guess i most need a new hub


anyone know if a place will scan the ABS codes for free so i know which hub is bad? i was told the code readers that they let you use for free at checkers wont pull abs codes, i just want to find out if its the left or right one i need to fix

thanks

[Str8tFKNuUP]

I've got the same problem dude, either my bearing or the whole hub assembly is done in, abs,trac off, and service vehicle light are all on. Sometimes they don't come on at all, or you'll be driving down the road and they'll just come on for no reason. But I'm not sure which side it is either, i'm pretty sure its my drivers side. But i jacked it up and wiggled both wheels and I found no play. So I'm wondeing wether the bearings are fine, and its the whole hub.

my lights never came on, when my hub whent. I heard a low vibration, when i turned right. there for it was the left or drivers side that needed to be replaced.

also Str8tFKNuUP, when the bearings go out, you have to replace the whole hub sucks huh but cheapest i found one was at a Hires auto parts store for around $80