Scraping/ticking sound left front wheel of Trooper

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Ray Laughton - 24 May 2004 22:06 GMT

Hi guys,
subject says it all, 99 Trooper about 58K km. Started off as an
intermittently scraping sound like a loose object in/on the wheel. Got
worse when turning left now its worse when turning right. Inspection by
myself and later the local AA mechanic shows no loose bits/broken
cables. He reckons its coming from the drive shaft. Switching front
wheel traction on/off did not help, neither did jumping the vehicle over
a few bumps.. 150kms later its getting worse, had to get home (slowly)
Any ideas?
TIA

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Erik-Jan Geniets - 25 May 2004 07:05 GMT

> Hi guys,
> subject says it all, 99 Trooper about 58K km. Started off as an
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> Ray

Had the same once.
If it is an auto hub. Take it apart and add new grease.
It worked for me.
Kind regards,
Erik-Jan.

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roger - 25 May 2004 20:19 GMT

> > Hi guys,
> > subject says it all, 99 Trooper about 58K km. Started off as an
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> try brake pads

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Ray Laughton - 25 May 2004 22:39 GMT

> > > Hi guys,
> > > subject says it all, 99 Trooper about 58K km. Started off as an
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> > try brake pads

It was a metal flange rubbing against the inside of the wheel.
Thanks for your suggestions anyway.

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