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wheel bearing noise????

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:32 am
by Snow-Attack
ok so i have a 1990 legacy MT 253,000K and after driving like a mad man out here in wyoming on ice (first real big snow storm of the year) the next day the car started making a noise a little louder than the click click click of a CV joint and also it only does this when im driving in a straight line above 35mph and nothing below that speed and nothing when im turning...also it was making like a humming noise last night but that quite today when i drove it again...also it only does it under power as soon as i let off the throttle it goes away. oh and also the steering wheel vibrates with the clunk clunk clunk noise

thanks
Ben

Re: wheel bearing noise????

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 5:51 am
by Skruyd
Snow-Attack wrote:ok so i have a 1990 legacy MT 253,000K and after driving like a mad man out here in wyoming on ice (first real big snow storm of the year) the next day the car started making a noise a little louder than the click click click of a CV joint and also it only does this when im driving in a straight line above 35mph and nothing below that speed and nothing when im turning...also it was making like a humming noise last night but that quite today when i drove it again...also it only does it under power as soon as i let off the throttle it goes away. oh and also the steering wheel vibrates with the clunk clunk clunk noise

thanks
Ben
You people and your car noises. Sorry, drunk. Anyways, if it is making a noise louder turning hard one way then it is one of your wheel bearings. When you put a load on the wheels it will make the noise louder. It almost sounds like (no pun) your tires are makeing the noise, or it could be your transmission. Noises can come from anywhere on the car. Can you possibly take a video and post it on youtube? Sorry I'm not helping much.

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:03 am
by Snow-Attack
hahahahahaha asshole lol :lol: how could it be the tires???? and it goes away when i turn

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:24 am
by BB
Hey I replaced a wheel bearing because I thought it was bearing noise in the RR. After replacing the bearing the noise was the same. Turns out I had a bunch of broken belts in the RR tire. Put on the spare to double check and noise was gone.

BB

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:49 am
by ericem
Could be that you let the axle go for so long, then the bearing seals melted. So it took the axle and the bearing along with it!!

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:50 am
by Snow-Attack
oh scary cause i know that tire has i big bulge in the side of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and ive done like 130mph before on those tires and there snow tires!!!!!

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:53 am
by Snow-Attack
oh if it is the wheel bearing and axle shaft... how dangerous is it to keep driving the way it is????

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:28 am
by Skruyd
Snow-Attack wrote:hahahahahaha asshole lol :lol: how could it be the tires???? and it goes away when i turn
I'm sorry. I'm just trying to help. I won't help you anymore :cry: .
I've done work on all kinds of cars and find different problems with them. Sounds are the hardest of all problems because of reverb and echo. Hope you fix your car.

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:24 pm
by ericem
Snow-Attack wrote:oh if it is the wheel bearing and axle shaft... how dangerous is it to keep driving the way it is????
As long as there isn't to much play in the wheel your fine, but if it is extremely loose I suggest you replace it ASAP!! With my car I pushed 2 wheel bearings for a good 20,000 km before getting it replaced. Just sucks that I needed a whole hub assembly.

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:28 pm
by altron23
check your axle nuts, i fought that same noise on a friends car, the right front axle nut was finger tight!

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:27 pm
by Snow-Attack
Skruyd!! its all good man iz just givin ya shit bout it lol