Front wheel bearing
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I'm outta the office for now, going home. I'll try to grab that video of my front wheel bearing noises if I can find my camera before it gets dark. Stay tuned!
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Not really, on the highway I can't even tell that the bearing has gone bad (for the front one anyway, i can hear a slight howling noise in my cabin though). Everything feels normal on the highway.
Previously, when my rear one went bad, even on the highway I could tell. I could hear the clunking from the rear of the cabin when I let off the accelerator, and eventually as the condition worsened, I could feel the vibrations in the gas pedal from the rotational noises that I was then able to hear loud and clear even over my music inside the cabin at highway speeds and at lower speeds. At lower speeds it was a nasty grinding/scraping noise. Definitely noticeable.
aanother possible symptom of a bad wheel bearing is the loosening of the lugnuts on that particular wheel, but this doesn't occur too often.
Previously, when my rear one went bad, even on the highway I could tell. I could hear the clunking from the rear of the cabin when I let off the accelerator, and eventually as the condition worsened, I could feel the vibrations in the gas pedal from the rotational noises that I was then able to hear loud and clear even over my music inside the cabin at highway speeds and at lower speeds. At lower speeds it was a nasty grinding/scraping noise. Definitely noticeable.
aanother possible symptom of a bad wheel bearing is the loosening of the lugnuts on that particular wheel, but this doesn't occur too often.
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Just an update: Camera has no battery, waiting for it to charge and I'll take a video later tonite!
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im having the same issue, i replaced the hub took it in for an alignment + had the wheel balanced. this got rid of most of the noise, but i can still hear a lil bit of that dreaded howling. i think i might have a bent rim.
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