my truck was recently wrecked and took a lick to the left rear quarterpanel. the truck looks great but i recently heard a constant squeeking coming from that wheel. the rim and tire all wobbles but not severely. we put the spare on to see if it was just the rim bent but it did the same thing. what could it possibly be? the truck drives fine and the brakes work too! The rear axle looks fine. i know that wheel must have took the hit too. any ideas would be greatly appreciated! thanks

 

Is the rock guard on the rotor bent and rubbing the rotor?

 

no nothing is bent that bad. do you think it could be the rotor itself or would it have cracked because of having no flex in it at all? im really clueless. thanks tho

 

The rotor is cast, and it wouldn't bend, and even if it did, it wouldn't affect the wheel runout.

It's likely the flange on the axle shaft got bent. Remove the wheel, caliper, and rotor, and check the axle shaft flange for runout. If it needs to be replaced, pop the diff cover, remove the retaining pin bolt, remove the retaining pin, push the axle shaft in towards the center, remove the axle retaining clip, and slide the axle shaft out. (Make sure you're not parked too close to the wall of the garage when you do this!!)

May as well replace the seal while you've got the shaft out. Can't hurt.

Good luck!

-Joe

 

aight, ill check it out. thanks