I'm hearing a pretty consistent grinding metal 'squeak' (if there is such a thing) coming from around the left front tire - sounds like it's behind the wheel. It happens when driving around the block at 25mph or less. A few times, the car stopped accelerating, hesitated, and then pulled to the left and right (on separate occasions). No noise when engine is cold or idling.
The noise sounds bad enough that I haven't driven it until I figure out what's going on.
Could this be a ball joint issue?
Brake hanging up or wheel bearing. My guess is brakes. Do you have front disc? If so, it sounds like the caliper is hanging up... :alan2cents:
Yeah that's not a ball joint. Bearings or brakes.
Please don't take the car out on the road until you've sorted this out. You mentioned it "stopped accelerating" and if it's a seizing bearing and you keep driving it, you can snap the spindle off if it welds solid and you're going fast enough. Metal on metal is usually, as mentioned, brakes. :tool:
Agreed; Please don't drive it and it sounds like front brakes or front wheel bearing. More like brakes I think.
:iagree: Brakes or bearings.
Could be as simple as a rock trapped in there or a seized caliper
Pulled the wheels off last night. Found the grease cap loose with some metal in it, and the hub was a bit loose. Right hub is fine. Suspension looked to be okay. I don't have much experience with bearings, hubs, etc. How hard of a job is it to fix this? Btw, car has front discs.
If spindles are not damaged, it should be straight forward to replace the seals and bearings. Dr Diff sells the kit. It should be an hour each side and should do both sides at the same time. I would service brakes while the calibers are off. A lot of YouTube videos on this and info on this site.
BTW, I think the 72-74 spindles are larger and 70-71 are smaller. So the bearings are different. Check with Dr. Diff (Cass). He answer calls and emails fast.
Quote from: 7212Mopar on August 01, 2018, 12:35:12 PM
BTW, I think the 72-74 spindles are larger and 70-71 are smaller. So the bearings are different. Check with Dr. Diff (Cass). He answer calls and emails fast.
1970-1972 have the smaller inner wheel bearings and originally used a 2 piece rotor (the reproductions are a single casting now). '73-74 use larger inner wheel bearings and had a single piece casting for the rotor.
No offense to Dr.Diff, but I bought everything (bearings,seals,calipers, pads, hoses and rotors) off the net with the vast majority of it coming from Rock Auto and it's tough to beat their prices! Just my :alan2cents:
Pulled everything off and the spindle is damaged - beyond repair :angry:
So the spindle got damaged by a bearing coming apart?
Quote from: jimynick on August 03, 2018, 07:58:06 PM
No offense to Dr.Diff, but I bought everything (bearings,seals,calipers, pads, hoses and rotors) off the net with the vast majority of it coming from Rock Auto and it's tough to beat their prices! Just my :alan2cents:
Sure, if you happen to be close to one of their warehouses, and most of your parts come from a single warehouse. For me their low prices are pretty much always negated by their high shipping costs, especially if the parts you need come from multiple warehouses. Plus it always takes a week or more for their stuff to arrive, can't order from them if I need it in a hurry. They seem like they're a better resource if you're not on the West Coast.
And honestly I'd rather do business with Cass, even if it ends up being a few bucks more. I know if there's a problem he'll take care of it. Rock Auto will just give you the run around, and then paying return shipping will hammer you.
Quote from: 70pumpkin on August 06, 2018, 08:55:53 AM
Pulled everything off and the spindle is damaged - beyond repair :angry:
That's a pretty rare thing to happen. Sorry to hear that. I assume the bearing spun on the pin? Post up a picture if you can
Yep, seems like the bearing and weight of the tire/rim spun on the spindle, which explains the metal on metal sound I was hearing. Shop said the bearing track was split which is something they've never seen before.
Well that sucks! :o
Yup: I had one ball up on my 71 way back when, it was easy to find another one back then though.
Not sure on what car you have but if your not concerned with numbers matching /originality stuff than now would be a good time to upgrade to bigger rotors....
https://www.allpar.com/history/mopar/brakes/disc-main.html
Quote from: 72bluNblu on August 06, 2018, 12:53:44 PM
Quote from: jimynick on August 03, 2018, 07:58:06 PM
No offense to Dr.Diff, but I bought everything (bearings,seals,calipers, pads, hoses and rotors) off the net with the vast majority of it coming from Rock Auto and it's tough to beat their prices! Just my :alan2cents:
Sure, if you happen to be close to one of their warehouses, and most of your parts come from a single warehouse. For me their low prices are pretty much always negated by their high shipping costs, especially if the parts you need come from multiple warehouses. Plus it always takes a week or more for their stuff to arrive, can't order from them if I need it in a hurry. They seem like they're a better resource if you're not on the West Coast.
And honestly I'd rather do business with Cass, even if it ends up being a few bucks more. I know if there's a problem he'll take care of it. Rock Auto will just give you the run around, and then paying return shipping will hammer you.
Funny, that hasn't been my experience at all.... I've been using them for 7-8 years & paying shipping has been about a break even vs paying local sales tax.... The only part I had an issue with they paid return shipping
When I disassembled my 73 Challenger I found a 70 (small bearing) & 2 piece rotor on the drivers side, Need It?
Quote from: 1 Wild R/T on August 07, 2018, 03:47:27 PM
Quote from: 72bluNblu on August 06, 2018, 12:53:44 PM
Quote from: jimynick on August 03, 2018, 07:58:06 PM
No offense to Dr.Diff, but I bought everything (bearings,seals,calipers, pads, hoses and rotors) off the net with the vast majority of it coming from Rock Auto and it's tough to beat their prices! Just my :alan2cents:
Sure, if you happen to be close to one of their warehouses, and most of your parts come from a single warehouse. For me their low prices are pretty much always negated by their high shipping costs, especially if the parts you need come from multiple warehouses. Plus it always takes a week or more for their stuff to arrive, can't order from them if I need it in a hurry. They seem like they're a better resource if you're not on the West Coast.
And honestly I'd rather do business with Cass, even if it ends up being a few bucks more. I know if there's a problem he'll take care of it. Rock Auto will just give you the run around, and then paying return shipping will hammer you.
Funny, that hasn't been my experience at all.... I've been using them for 7-8 years & paying shipping has been about a break even vs paying local sales tax.... The only part I had an issue with they paid return shipping
:iagree: Don't get me wrong I always support Cass when I can I bought my Dana from him. Great service/support but I too have had great experience with Rockauto even up here in Canada. They can often beat the shipping times of local jobbers and with the convenience of delivering it to my door. Even with shipping and taxes they always beat pricing of the local suppliers. It's usually on my doorstep in a couple of days.
Like I said. I used to order stuff from RockAuto all the time, I've got a whole refrigerator covered with their little magnets. But I haven't for years now, because any time I price check them, with shipping, against Summit or Amazon, they're not the cheapest anymore. And their stuff always takes a good week to come in. With Summit or Amazon I usually have my parts within 2 days.
The real killer is when your parts have to come from 2 or more warehouses, and it seems like they always do. Then you're paying multiple shipping bills, and that adds up fast.
But I'm not comparing them against the local parts suppliers, I don't use them much anymore either. Seems like the time of them having parts in stock for these cars is over, and if I have to order something I can usually have it faster and cheaper than what the local auto parts store can do anyway.