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has anyone ever needed to re-grease their wheel hubs?
i've got a light squeaking/squealing noise at 50-70km/h, thinking that i may need to re-grease my hubs. sounds like it's predominantly the front right, but i guess that's just because it's the wheel i'm audibly closest to when driving.
anyone needed to do this before? my car's a 1990 NA, by the way.

By greasing the hubs do you mean greasing the wheel bearings?

Does the noise go away when you apply the brakes?

What is the brake pad wear like.......could it be the brake wear indicators that you are hearing?

J

the noise goes away when i start to brake, yeah.
the pad's are quite worn, but that shouldn't explain a noise when rolling, should it?
the noise only really starts under light acceleration, then continues if i de-throttle and just roll, then goes away when i apply the brakes.
yeah, i mean the wheel bearings.

Is it the 'squealers' on the brake pads?