if i was to pull the axle to replace the bearings, will i also need to go ahead and replace the axle seals, or will they be ok?

 

Yes, never use a old seal.

 

i will try and check it out tomorrow. i will let you know what it was and how i fixed it. thanks for your help.

 

well i just want to say thanks to those of you who helped me out. tonight i just got home from fixin my truck. turns out the squeaky noise was actually my front u-joint. however i looked at the rear brakes and they were in bad enough shape i went ahead and replaced them too. i appreciate everybody time and help.

chris

 

Thats definalty a good thing you found that one, thats the dangerous one.
Glad it's fixed and glad it was easy.

 

actually one of the caps had been broken around the seal. which turned all the needle bearing to turn into... well... rust. i had never seen one so bad, but yeah it was quite a relief. now i feel like it is a brand new truck. thanks again pss-mag

 

we had a rock get stuck between the heat sheild and the rotor on a rented minivan. It started screaming loud so we knew something was up. We were driving in the mountains so we pulled over as soon as we could b.c we didnt want to risk loosing the brakes in the mountains. Used a pair of pliers and a screwdriver to get it out.

 

i had that happen to "big red" my 1987 s-10 when i was 16. nothing against ford's i love them and have two of them now, but i was 16 didnt have a care in the world and needless to say gave that thing hell. guess that is why i never had any money. lots of repairs.

 

I had a 90 S10. I was not easy on that thing at all. I have a weight slip here somewhere, that shows me having 16K lbs behind it. I worked it like a semi truck and it took it.

 

Actually, it looks like a girl is stuck in your wheel-well.

 

did you ever figure it out, i bet if you would drop the drive shaft and really move the u joint around you find it is the problem, especially if you ever do any kind of tire smoking exhibitions for your freinds, haha i have seen your myspace videos!