Mechanic claims its a bad wheel bearing, but he's already taken apart both driver side wheels and found nothing wrong....
he said maybe its the right, but i am doubtful..
Only thing I can think of is I had gotten a set of Sunny SN3800 tires, and the treads seem to be very loud... could this be it? this noise wasnt here before those tires.
The tires could cause the humming noise, but I wouldn't think it would be that loud. Where does it sound like it is originating and does it get louder/faster sounding with speed? Mine did that and got to the point it sounded like I had mud tires on the Tib, it turned out to be one of the rear bearings.
although i can definitely say that i think driving on fresh snow (where theres no friction from the pavement) produced less of the sound than normal...
It may very well be a right rear bearing... My mechanic only took apart the two driver side wheels... unfortunately this means im gunna have to give him $300 and i dont want to do that...
Jack up the right rear and put your hands at 3 and 9 o'clock and try wiggle the wheel then try 12 and 6 o'clock. It should be nice and tight if it's okay. If it moves, it's probably bad.
if its coming from just one area (drivers rear,drivers front,passengers rear,passengers front) then its the bearing. Mine did the same thing, bought a new one, replaced it, sounds gone
If the noise wasn't there before the tires, then its probably the hard compound of the tires. My friend had a subaru legacy turbo with cheap Triangle brand tires that sounded like big knobby truck tires because the compound was so dense.
i did both of my rears in about an hour , rockauto has them cheap i dunno if any of our sponsors carry them but i had mine in 2 days and i got timkens for replacement , i think the worste part of the job was removing the philips screw in the rotor
Yep. I did my right side last night. Doesn't hurt to lay down some extra red grease on the end of the hub/axle and on the journals where the bearing spins. Just follow the diy, it's very detailed.
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