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whatever side makes noise, take off your wheel & put it back on, tighten all the lugs evenly in proper pattern to make sure theres no play between.

if your alignment is off your inner rim could actually rub on the shock mount, unlikely.

Wheel bearing possibly? so is it a griding noise or squeaking noise?

 

it's kind've both. grinding/squeeking. i know what a whel bearing sounds like when it's bad. definetly isn't a wheel bearing. always tighten in proper pattern theres no play.

 

if there's any typing issues in my post's it's because my wireless keyboard SUCKS

 

i have no idea why this just started last week. any help would be greatly appreciated, going to be working on it all day tomorrow

 

did a little more investigating, i shook the wheel back and forth to see if it was a ball joint, it was solid. then i put different lug nuts on it and lowered it back down. i went to tighten them down more and noticed when i tighten the wheel actually moves out a litle bit. never noticed this before. don't know if it's just steering from the force i'm giving it or if it's something else

 

it does that on all wheels? the way you said that it seems like u said you lowered your car before tightening your lugs. you need all your lugs snug before it hits the ground then tourque it.

This is a longshot but go yank on your axle. something happened to my friend and his axles got striped but itd still drive but you could pull it right out of the tranny, it was just sittin in there.

Im just thinking here, the more things you can eliminate the closer u get to problem

 

i ALWAYS tighten my wheels while they're in the air with an impact, then i lower down and make sure they are tight. i wouldn't lower my car without tightening my lugs. is it really a smart idea to yank on my axle? i would think that if it was the axle that there would be noise all the time rather than only when braking. I appreciate your help, it's hard trying to diagnose someone elses problem over the internet.

 

to clarify it's ONLY the drivers side front wheel

 

anyone else have any insight on my issue?

 

from wat ive seen is sometimes rocks can become lodged between the pad and rotor, or your rotors have a lot of grooves in them or could be glazed, pull off your brakes and check them out