Left front tire rubbing upper A frame

[george3405]

Hi All,

My '01 Dodge Ram 1500 2 wheel drive is making loud grinding noise when I turn. The left front tire is rubbing the upper A frame. It is grinding away rubber from inside of tire next to bead. It did this once before and it was a bad wheel hub bearing. Put a new one and new tires and asll was well. The bearing has no play now (been 11/2 yrs since replaced). My lower balljoints have a little play. The upper is anglinging out when the truck is jacked up and wheel removed. Will bad balljoints cause the tire to rub like this. I probably need new joints by now with about 142,000 miles on my truck. Anyway, any help asap is appreciated. I need to get it back on the road tomorrow for work. Thanks, George

 

[V-10 RAM]

Are you running stock size tires??? How much clearance do you have on the RIGHT FRONT TIRE between the upper A-Frame & tire/wheel.
YES wore out ball joints will allow tire movement, but it sounds like you might have other issues also, that is why I asked the questions I did.

 

[Badger]

Yes its the ball joints (same problem here)