After some diagnosis and troubleshooting, I think I may have to replace my wheel bearings. A buddy of mine recently changed his rear wheel bearings out on his coupe, and it got rid of pretty much all of his suspension noises. It took him a while to figure out it was his wheel bearings. I'm inclined to replace the whole hub assembly to make it a bit easier.

Anyone ever do this? I'll probably end up putting together a DIY post for it, if and when I get the job done.

 

well, i have not done it myself..... but if your under 70k miles(if your over this post is useless, my bad)...why not take it too the dealer and get them changed?... i had my RR wheel bearings/hub changed at 69k under warranty....

 

I have 89k miles, so dealer is out of the question. Hopefully I can narrow down which corner it's coming from. Apparently the front is a single hub assembly. The rear has a separate hub & bearing that needs to be replaced.

 

yea...well going from the tear apart views on all data pro.... both the front and rear look pretty simple... the pickle of it all is having to remove the axle/drive shaft from the hub on the rear... but if u want i can copy and paste u the instructions from alldata plus its exploded picture...let me know

 

Would it be in the OEM Service manual? I have a copy of that at home.

 

Im getting mine replaced at the dealer. The front passenger is making a f*cking terrible humming at 45+mph, and we've diagnosed it to be the wheel bearing. This is how you test it.

Go on a curvy road, with obviously left turn curves and right turn curves.

When making a left curve turn, you put load on the right wheels. When you make a right curve turn, you put load on the left wheels.

Well on my car, every time I would make a left turn, the humming becomes nasty loud, and resonates thruout the entire car. When making a right turn, the noise is lessened by about 50%. Of course I have the humming going straight as well, but on left turns, it is very noticeable. Also, when you put the car on a lift, go to the wheel with the suspect bad wheel-bearing and try and see if you can physically move the wheel back and forth. If it makes noises and the wheel rocks laterally, its most likely the wheel-bearing/hub assembly. Good luck homie

 

Its not too bad...


I can print out the pages from the service manual and fax them...

Can also include them with a purchase of new rear hubs and bearings...

 

I have to find out which one(s) are bad. Labor and getting them swapped out shouldn't be a problem. I'm pretty mechanically inclined, and I have several mechanic friends. I have a copy of the service manual as well.

 

I have had the rear wheel bearings replaced twice in the rear of my 2004 infiniti g sedan. The parts are reasonable but I have found labor is pretty high. Actually getting my left rear replaced again today. I had them both replaced at the same time 9 months ago at a shop. Now the left one is already having as much as 1 1/2" of play in the wheel. The first time my car literally sounded like I had mud tires on the back. I didn't hear any noises this time, but my car was handling really loose and thought maybe my front end was out or my tires needed rotating. They found the problem while rotating the tires. I dont know what keeps causing it to go out. Luckily my parts were still under warranty, but the parts company of course does not pay for labor. $175 this time for one hub assembly to be replaced.