Grinding/humming sound...NOT wheel bearing???
10-01-2005, 06:41 PM
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Grinding/humming sound...NOT wheel bearing???
That'* right. I have an all-time humming/growling sound coming from the driver'* side front that has been steadily getting louder. It doesn't matter if I turn the wheels, the sound remains the same. I just spent a few hours replacing the wheel hub/bearing.
Went out for a test drive...same sound. Could it be the half shaft? Please don't say differential....
Thanks for any advice/help.
Went out for a test drive...same sound. Could it be the half shaft? Please don't say differential....
Thanks for any advice/help.
10-01-2005, 07:54 PM
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Check the strut tower bearing, drive over a speed bump steering wheel straight then left and right. Does the noise increase?
The diff is on the passenger side so I think your ok?
The diff is on the passenger side so I think your ok?
10-01-2005, 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by compyelc4
I suppose there is no chance that it could be your pneumatic self-leveling pump running? Hmmm?
10-02-2005, 01:54 AM
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Having noise from same driverside front wheel. Can hear a lot
at low speed like parking.
Today I took my car to the dealer & they adv the problem was a bad hub.
So they replaced the bearing assmbly & hit me for $468.
So tonight parking the car at walgreens I hear the noise on the passenger side
& turned the radio down & heard it on driverside.
& now that I hear on both sides I'm not sure what it is.............
at low speed like parking.
Today I took my car to the dealer & they adv the problem was a bad hub.
So they replaced the bearing assmbly & hit me for $468.
So tonight parking the car at walgreens I hear the noise on the passenger side
& turned the radio down & heard it on driverside.
& now that I hear on both sides I'm not sure what it is.............
10-02-2005, 03:34 PM
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Nono, it'* a constant whirring just like a bad wheel bearing, but I replaced it, and it'* still doing it. I guess my question is what is the next bearing in the drivetrain that would be growling like that?
10-02-2005, 03:57 PM
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Let me add to this since the last message was from my cell phone. :P
It'* a constant whirring that increases in volume and pitch as I increase speed, then decreases in volume and pitch as I decrease speed, just like a bad wheel bearing.
However, I replaced the wheel bearing, and it'* still doing it. Would the passenger side wheel bearing telegraph over to the driver'* side? I wouldn't think so.
Would the differential make a growling bearing noise if it was going bad?
It'* a constant whirring that increases in volume and pitch as I increase speed, then decreases in volume and pitch as I decrease speed, just like a bad wheel bearing.
However, I replaced the wheel bearing, and it'* still doing it. Would the passenger side wheel bearing telegraph over to the driver'* side? I wouldn't think so.
Would the differential make a growling bearing noise if it was going bad?