# Brake grinding? **URL:** \ **Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\ **Created:** [November 6, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-grinding/149940 "2008-11-06T00:10:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![blue\_monkey\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@blue\_monkey\_man](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blue_monkey_man)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-grinding/149940/5 "2008-11-07T17:03:53Z")
> [@man, i eat some weird crap...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-i-eat-some-weird-crap/6356/33): > > Sounds like your wheel bearings are shot. Easy way to tell, jack up the car so tires are off the ground. Then go to the front wheels and see if you can wiggle them side to side. Grab the tire at 3:00 and 9:00 and try to wiggle it. If the bearings are shot you will feel some play, kinda like a slight clicking noise/feel. Then do the same process grabbing the tire at 12:00 and 6:00. This will tell if your ball joints are worn. I work in an automotive shop and do these tests on a regular basis, it about the simplest way to check. Hope that helped! If you do it side to side and have excessive play it could be your tie rod ends not just you wheel bearings. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-grinding/149940)._