Squeaky chirp in L front wheel

One potential thing that comes to mind is perhaps an ever so slightly rubbing brake backing plate. That happened on my '95 Pathfinder, just about drove me crazy to find it too. :-) Although I'm not familiar with the '97's, take a look at the boots on the front shafts and make sure there's nothing wrapped around them. While you're there, spray some silicone spray on the boots. That was a cause of noise on some mid 90's Maxima's I remember. So we made it a standard to spray all CV boots with Nissan Silicone spray each time we did an oil change for a customer. If nothing else it kept them from prematurely rotting out.

Wil

On 12/22/2004 10:04 PM US(ET), John Smith took fingers to keys, and typed the following:

This doesn't sound like it is from anything that is supporting weight.

On 12/22/2004 1:22 PM US(ET), willshak took fingers to keys, and typed the following:

I took a ride to the store in the light rain this afternoon, and because it was raining, I was listening carefully from the get-go, and there was no noise from the wheel. That is, until the trip back from the store when it started up again (still raining out). I guess it depends upon how long the truck has been driven before it starts. I thought that it might just be a pad touching the rotor, but like I said, pressing on the brakes when it is making the noise doesn't seem to have any effect, rain or no rain. I haven't gone under the truck yet. It was too cold (single digits) the last few days, and it is raining now at 56º here in NY.