okay so I have the speed sensitive squeak comming from the passenger side rear.

1. it goes away under braking

2. it goes away under e-braking (not like yankin it stupid :P)

3. the pitch will go away or change pitch under swerving from side to side like an asshat.

4. the rear shock has a bad strut mount (being replaced on Wednesday)

5. tire wiggling indicates that the rear bearings are tight.

6. today re lubed caliper sides in the rear, added brake quiet, and no dice.

7. tends to happen when the brakes or car is warmed up a bit.

8. rear rotors recently machined and new ceramic pads installed, possibly too thin or warped??? dunno


tommorow when I replace my strut mount I will swap rotors and see if the noise changes sides but other than that do you think that it is my rear passenger wheel bearing or my rotor?

 

wheel bearing, if it changes tone when going one direction then the other

another good way to check if its the bearing is to jack the rear of the car up on the diff case, take one hand put it on top of the wheel, other hand on bottom, and try to move the wheel front to back, if you have any movement at all, bad wheel bearing

 

Have you checked the front bearings in the same manner? I have a similar issue and I want to see if there are other possibilities. I'm gonna change out all my front bearings, etc. for the heck of it. It'll be a shame if the problem turns out to be something else or if it's a rear bearing.

 

replaced rear bearing, it was fine on the way back from work and some driving around, had someone in the car with me and took a few turns and varied loads and speeds, I heard it. but without the person in the car, couldn't hear it.

front wheel bearings were replaced not too long ago and are still tight

noise still goes away under rear braking

I'm thinking the rear rotors were a little old and warped and the turning them may have made them too thin so when the heat up they candle handle the heat as well and make noise.

 

Doubtful...under normal driving conditions your brakes hardly "heat up" at all and the rears less than the fronts.
I'm wondering if it isn't the ceramic brake pads.
Was there a recommended bedding in procedure and did you follow it?

 

I have a similar problem. I think my rear calipers are "dragging/locking," causing that "noise."

 

What are the torque specs for the front hud nut? I torqued it to 27 ft-lbs, just like the rears callout for. Is this right?

 

Have you checked your dust sheild to see if it's rubbed anywhere?

 

what? get your own thread!

actually I have no idea since my FSM is in my toolbox

already checked that. it doesnt do it right away, like a dust shield would anyways, its after a bit of braking or accelerating.

 

Originally Posted by afgmoto1978
What are the torque specs for the front hud nut? I torqued it to 27 ft-lbs, just like the rears callout for. Is this right?

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(found this thread while searching for other stuff)

NO! Your front hub is too tight! It is supposed to be tightened to 14-22ft-lb, spin hub 2-3 times to seat the bearing, then LOOSENED until you can turn the nut by hand, then tightened a little until it takes about 1.5lb of force (using a spring scale) to turn the hub pulling on one of the studs. See FSM (links in my sig.)