I had noticed over the summer a slight humming sound coming from my front wheels. Now that the snow and ice have come and I've been driving with 4x4 alot more...the humming has gotten alot louder. Anybody know what the problem could be here?

possibly the fornt hubs or bearing

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2006 FX4 LEVEL II screaming yellow 15X8 ion alloy wheels with 31-10.50/15 michelle Ltx tires, daul flowmaster pipes, spyder auto headlights, pioneer deck with one 12inch sub, leer cab.

yeah i would say the bearing my tuck started doing that and i changed it out and it stopped right thin just make shure you get the right spline

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2002 4.0l edge 4x4
torison keys turned 2"
2"blocks
brute froce cold air intake
32x11.50 bfg all terrains
15" black pacer bullet hole rims
panasonic radio pioner speakers all the way around
and a 375 watt on the door speakers
Power Acoustik OV2-600 Class A/B Gothic Series 600-Watt Amplifier on two sony 10" subs
and as any old country boy a good old CB radio
black brushguard rap around
2-6" black kc daylighters 130w
and back up lights
black spray in bed liner

mine also did that, but mine went from humming to grinding sound. so i had the wheel bearings changed

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1999 ranger 4x4 supercab, 4.0L
-3 inch PA body lift
-16 inch pro comp alloys
-33x11.50 BFG all terrain
-Go Rihno roll bar with 4 KC Daylighter lights
-weston bull bar
-dual exhaust,
-air box mod, tightend throttle cable.

Alright my mechanic friend did tell me he thought I needed new bearings up front...I think my 4x4 never disengaged the other day which was why it was so much louder...it never use to be loud while driving in 4x4 could that be something in addition to the bearings?

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Drew

2002 XLT Ext. Cab
4x4 Off Road 4.0L

Fog Light Mod, Throttle Mod, Torsion Bars Cranked
265/75/R16 Tires, Air Silencer Removal Mod

it depends on how bad they are worn the worse they get the louder they get mine did but like i said just make shure you get the right spline they gave me the worng one at 2 diff part houses i think that there are like 3 diff splines for the ranger i may be wrong though

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2002 4.0l edge 4x4
torison keys turned 2"
2"blocks
brute froce cold air intake
32x11.50 bfg all terrains
15" black pacer bullet hole rims
panasonic radio pioner speakers all the way around
and a 375 watt on the door speakers
Power Acoustik OV2-600 Class A/B Gothic Series 600-Watt Amplifier on two sony 10" subs
and as any old country boy a good old CB radio
black brushguard rap around
2-6" black kc daylighters 130w
and back up lights
black spray in bed liner

Well I guess I shoulda took action sooner...I was driving to work this morning and it was icy out so I was driving in 4x4. After about 25 miles of travel a loud thunk and grind came from the front end. When I got pulled over there was smoke coming from the left front wheel well. I took it outta four and the grinding kinda went away but you can still hear it. I think something expensive mighta broke

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Drew

2002 XLT Ext. Cab
4x4 Off Road 4.0L

Fog Light Mod, Throttle Mod, Torsion Bars Cranked
265/75/R16 Tires, Air Silencer Removal Mod