Weird zzzzzz zzzzzz noise

[rterese12]

So a couple of days ago I was driving home from work an I could hear a faint noise coming from my passenger side but thought maybe it was someone elses car well I heard it again today but louder I can't tell if it's the front end or rear but it sounds like a zzzz zzzz zzzz zzzz noise and it must have something to do with a tire cause the faster I went the faster the noise Zzzzed any Ideas of what it could be or where to look to find it..... I have an 07 jk thanks in advance of the help guys

 

[Jester32]

Sounds like it's snoring lol jk. Does it change when you corner slightly.

 

[rterese12]

Well it's hard to spell noises lol it's kind of like a tic like when kids put cards in there bike spokes but not nearly as dramatic as far as changing when I turn I didn't notice but I will now listen for that

 

[Jester32]

Ok. It kinda sounds like a wheel bearing in front. If your driving and you slightly move the wheel when safe to do so. Such as a lane change it may change.

 

[rterese12]

Well I was thinking bearing but wasn't sure is there a way to check it without changing it

 

[Jester32]

Run it up on a hoist and listen with a stethoscope or chassis ears. That's what I do. If it changes when you turn right it's usually the left one as you are transferring wieght to that wheel and vice versa.

 

[rterese12]

Cool I'll do that this weekend

 

[Daronl1]

Cool I'll do that this weekend

What did you do about your 4.0 I got a used one out of a wreck. Transmission tran case. Both axels. Wirein harness. Auto 4 sp.

 

[superj]

whoa!! random comment

 

[rterese12]

Yeah I think he's on the wrong thread

 

[rterese12]

Ok so the way to work this morning it sounds more like something may be rubbing but can't see anything... The noise doesn't change when I turn the wheel or anything and there's no play in the tire if it were te bearing wouldn't there be play

 

[Jester32]

Depends how worn the bearing is. Anything caught in the backing plate or is it bent ?

 

[lambo]

Jack up the front remove tire put in neutral spin the hub then listen. If there is a noise you will know. But Bering's don't usually tic they grind. A tic could be a u joint.

 

[Turbogus]

I've had a zzzzzz noise, the squirrel died in my heater box.

 

[rterese12]

That's what I was thinking and there isn't a grind I may jaw found it there are ridges in the tire on the back side and if you glide your fingernail along them I made the same noise I heard and it looks like something was rubbing it but there is nothing there to touch it but yet it's discolored like it's been rubbing on something

 

[lambo]

It could be that with you in the jeep is just enough wieght to be rubbing something. My xj was making a loud grinding noise every time i had a passenger in the thing. I would get out and look and could not find a thing. I got my son and his Friend to sit in the jeep and walked beside it, I noticed that the tire was just bairly rubbing the wheel well liner because the clip that holds it to the body had become loose it was only sticking out 1/8 of an inch just enough to rub the tire. The sound from outside was not as load as when in the jeep. I put the clip back on and no more sound.