i have a loud roaring noise that gets progressively worse at speed. sound wont go away by dropping to neutral. mechanic and i confirmed, noise will go away when turning left only (noise stays turning right or straight). side-to-side and in-and-out wheel play is nill.

anyone else get wheel bearing noise without wheel play? noise seems to be coming from front left, though i am suspecting it could be front right side because of past front right impact.

 

Your bearings are bad/going out??

 

I too had to replace one of my hub/wheel bearing assemblies. It basically sounded like a damn plane was behind me and increased/decreased with speed. I had no wiggle from the wheel though.

 

There's been a ton of posting about wheel bearing problems. The other day I was driving and I'd turn and hear a dull roar. Then I'd turn the other way and same thing. Oh oh, I thought, I've got a wheel bearing problem too.

Then I got to thinking about my tires, REO1R's, and how the OEM tires got noisy as they wore. Well, I decided the same thing is happening again. I guess it is the nature of high performance tires. I am not saying this is the answer here but it may be the answer to some of the noises owners are having trouble diagnosing

 

could be one of your diffs too ... you didn't mention this today when I spoke to you on the phone

 

Sounds like either your driverside wheelbearing or your tires...

What rubber is currently on the car and how many miles? Do they look choppy or have excessive feathering?

 

My right front wheel bearing started making noises very quickly. In like two days it went from no noise to a loud howling. There was no play in the wheel whatsoever. After going with my gut feeling and changing it out, it cured the problem. Good luck. I had a ***** of a time getting my hub separated.

 

It is a wheel bearing. I had my front passenger side bearing go bad, which sounds similar to what you are describing. Mine was replaced under warranty, hopefully you can do the same.

 

yeah it has to be wheel bearings (i think) since it sound disappears on left turns. i bought two bearings, hopefully it fixes the issue

yeah my car has 120k miles so no warranty. and yeah i originally thought it was tire noise but as said , tire noise wouldnt completely disappear on left turns.

 

i bought two low mileage 9 used bearings. they spin noise-free and smoothly. i was expecting them it to spin freely like a rollerblade but it spun smooth but heavily. kinda felt like the packed grease was thick as hell. as said zero noise.

is this normal?

 

Normal,good luck

 

thank you. yeah with alot of conflicting information on the net, its still difficult to know exactly side is noisy... but im pretty sure its the front(my mechanic thinks so too)

 

If you really want to know. put it on a lift and have someone spin it up to about 30-50MPH. put a long screwdriver on the hub away from anything spinning and listen at the handle end of the screwdriver. You will be able to tell the difference between the good and bad.

Funny thing is on left handturns it is usually the right side. Opposite of what people would think.

 

just to confirm it was front driver side.... noise is gone