I drove my Van home last night and it was fine. This morning I get in and turn the key and I hear this aweful vibrating/clicking/humming sound coming from somewhere in the back end. I'm afraid to move the vehicle. (I just put $1500 into new headgasket work!) Has anyone else experienced this or any ideas what could be wrong?
If you have a front wheel drive and not a AWD montana, it could be a bad wheel bearing or a brake shoe that may have broken loose.
Most likely it's going to be a bad rear wheel bearing and it takes less then 2 hours to replace. You can pick up the wheel bearing at Auto Zone or Parts Source for around $170.00 and they have all the instructions for you to do thew job your self if you like.
Tool's you will need:
Jack Stand
Ratchet with a 1/2 socket and extention
Large screw driver
5 pound hammer
Lock tight
To check if it is your bearing, try shaking the van from Side to side from the wheel. Listen and feel for any play, the bearing it self is sealed and the bearing my have gone dry.
Good luck and hope this helps. Oh you do not have to remove the brakes to do this job and use the screw driver from the top to split the bearing from the brake housing after you hammer it free from the Axle.
Thank you for that extra information of the traction and brake light's being on. It sounds like it is going to be your wheel bearing. The traction and ABS Brake light sensor is built in the wheel bearing, as the bearing fails, it makes the sensor fail.
If you take the van to Auto Zone or Parts Source, they can scan the computer on the van and will let you know which bearing is faulty.
Good luck and hope this helps.
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Thank you! I have a friend that is going to look at it, but he is not a mechanic so he will definitely appreciate the idea of where to check out first. Your response has made me think and my Brake and Traction light have been on for a few days, so maybe that has something to do with it too.
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