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Old 12-28-2011, 04:13 PM
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whining/ grinding noise in front end

Hey guys I own a 92' Toyota pickup and to cut right to the Chase it has a grinding / whining noise in the front end when its moving and when I go to slow down to stop there's a thump in the front end ....also there is a ticking coming from the dash and my cousin noticed that my front drive shaft is always moving so he thinks that the hubs might be stuck and it keeps trying to switch from 4wd back to 2wd , could that be the ticking or grinding noise?
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manual hubs? 4cyl or 6cyl? auto or manual?
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No auto hubs, 6 cyl manual
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no auto hubs as in, they are manual? or no, as in, they are automatic?
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Sorry there automatic
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Yea the sounds went away for a bit but just recently came back and got worse so I took it off the road hoping I can fix it
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92 pickup does not have automatic hubs.
If you don't have manual hubs you have drive flanges on a ADD system.

Pretty simple to see if your front dshaft is turning in 2WD. Go slow and have someone look.

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Oh ok I didn't know that and yes my front drive shaft does turn when I'm moving in 2wd
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I'm getting the same noise too nowadays, not sure what it is either. I think I'm going to try greasing the zerks on the front shaft when I get home but maybe the u joints are shot anyways...

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i changed one of my u-joints not too long ago but let me know if it works
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Well it looks like it may have been the front diff as it appears to be shot now; no 4WD.
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I have this exact problem, very sporatic, but only when cold, i have no idea what it is but it sounds like the sane problem, i also have auto hubs
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My 92 runner does this also, but only when it is cold outside and only after i turn to the right pretty sharply.
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Lube the spindles?
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