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Old 02-17-2014, 01:11 AM
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I have this loud droning/rubbing noise coming from my car mainly if I go faster then about 25-30 mph. I noticed that if im on the highway and the road curves left it gets really loud but also gets louder when I have to turn the wheel to the right just not as loud as when I turn the wheel left. If im turning at low speeds I hear nothing and even sometimes if im driving straight I will hear the noise but not all the time which is weird. I haven't tried the method of holding the wheel at 12 and 6 yet but im thinking its either the two front bearings or my tires. Anybody have any insight on this?
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probablly bad rear bearing.....pretty easy to do just kinda messy parts/oil maybe 50$ if you do it yourself and theirs no damage to the axel shaft otherwise its more like 200
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Well finally got a chance to get the car up in the air. The front passenger wheel had some play in it so i just ordered a new hub assembly for it
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yeah usually the loud droning is a wheel bearing.
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yes,bad wheel bearing. ive replaced 3 of them this winter. 2 on my truck, and one on the wifes saturn. gm hub assembly's are notorious for going bad.
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Originally Posted by jt_2002_ta
yes,bad wheel bearing. ive replaced 3 of them this winter. 2 on my truck, and one on the wifes saturn. gm hub assembly's are notorious for going bad.
What's odd is my previous camaro never had this issue and it had 175k miles but o well you never know when these things will go bad
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Originally Posted by quiet_storm98
What's odd is my previous camaro never had this issue and it had 175k miles but o well you never know when these things will go bad
Mine sounded exactly like brake pads squeaking, then it over heated the sensor and threw abs codes.



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