roaring coming from the front.
05-21-2008, 10:08 AM
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roaring coming from the front. Alright. I'm tired of this, there has to be a solution. There is a roaring coming from what appears to be the front drivers side of my car. Oh yeah its a 02 WS6. I pulled the wheel, caliper, and rotor off. When I spin the hub it acts normal. It will spin about 1.5 to 2 rounds before being slowed to a stop by I guess the grease. The only thing I find odd is there is a slight noise when I spin it. Sounds like a dry bearing. The hub is very tight, no play at all. I unbolted the hub and spun it but I couldn't hear anything. When I bolted it back on it was there again. Could it be resonating through the car causing the roaring? Now when I spin the hub the noise is there but its not very very loud but its most defenatly there. There is also a very light knocking at low speeds coming from the front on the same side that has me baffled. Has anyone ever thought about installing a grease fitting in the front hubs before?
05-21-2008, 10:32 AM
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Yeah that I know. Really sux don't it! I have done the search and read the findings and i'm afraid it may be the bearing. Funny though. The car only has 45,XXX miles on it.
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05-21-2008, 12:36 PM
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Doesn't matter if the car has only 100 miles on it, one BIG pot hole hit and the bearing can be damaged at any time. Other times they seem to fail for no apparent reason - Crap happens.
You can get the assembly at one of the national parts places for around $130 or so. At least thats how much it was about a year ago.
06-01-2008, 08:12 PM
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Well I figured out what the roaring is. The tire! I have taken everything and inspected them as best I could even the tires. I rotated the tires and POOF. Gone from the front and now in the back just quieter. I instected the tire and even had it balanced but it came up clean. This thing had a terrible noise going slow speeds and as I would come to a stop it sounded like the breaks were grinding metal to metal. Damn. I rotate the tires and gone
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