Ok, so my 5G lude is making a noise, and it is driving me nuts. Every time the front left wheel goes around, it makes this scraping metal on metal screech\scratch noise. It is not a warped rotor, because if it were, it would stop when I hit the brakes, which it does not. It is a constant noise with the motion of the wheel. ( the faster I go, the faster the noise) So, my next guess was wheel bearing, but I tried to wiggle the wheel, and there is no play. Then I thought it was my brake dust shield, and I still belive it is because one day the noise was really loud, and i bent it a little, and the noise was less noticeable. So, I take my wheel off and brake rotor and on the dust shield there is the tiniest little scratch that looked like fresh metal (no rust) I hit the area with a screwdriver and hammer and bent it away from where the back of the rotor would be. Then I bent the shit out of the rest of the dust shield as far back as possible. Problem is, it still makes noise, and you can't hear the noise if you just spin the hub while the car is jacked up. It only happens with the wheel on and on the ground while moving. I am really getting tired of taking the wheel off and trying to fix this, and I feel like when I drive next to somebody they are thinking that my car is a POS because of this noise, and it of course it not a POS. If anybody has any ideas please help. I would just take the dust shield off, but it looks lide you have to take the whole hub apart to get to the screws. HELP! Also, I have stock 16" wheels and the brake pads are thick and have lots of life left.

 

wheel bearing's dont alway's have play in them when there shot,could be dry..?

 

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Problem solved. It was the dust shield. Now she's quiet and smooth like a lady should be. (JK Ladies.)