Can you feel it in the steering wheel?

I can

 

My car always gives me weird feedback, so i can't really tell. That is why I want to try it out with my stock wheels.

 

I took a look at the bearing and it looks like it needs to be pressed into the hub, just like the rears do. It may be a case of meshing the DIY of the RWD fronts with the RWD rears, which most likely involves taking off the wheel, having someone step on the brakes while you loosen the axle nut, taking off the wheel/caliper/rotor, remove 4 bolts on the knuckle that hold the bearing in place, press old bearing out, press new one in, and then reverse installation to put it back together.

 

I was just going to post that. I took a peek under the car myself and it does look like a combo of the two. So I apologize Blue Dream for ignoring your link at first. It does help after all.


Seems to be getting worse. It's slightly louder and you can feel the vibration more. Also, I think it is the right side because righ turns make it quiet but left turns put the weight on the right and it feels louder.

Weekend is here, so I'll Jack the front up tomorrow and take a peek and call the dealer on Monday.

Looking around, timkin front awd bearings are $200 ish

 

If it makes you feel better, I'm going to be doing all 4 bearings tomorrow. I bought Timkens, too. Heard great things about them!

 

Timkins are great....one of the top bearing manufacturers and a maker of many oems.

 

i been having a click noise for about a month when i hit the break at low speed i get a little "click" from i think the driver side front wheel ... it comes and goes :-( is it the start of the bushings going out ??

 

On an x?

If so, care to describe how you do the front? Think I got an idea. Just want to know in case the dealer tries to bs out of doing them. Looks kinda easy really. Unbolt universal shaft and remove (need to see how this is done up front), then unbolt 4 bolts holding the bearing in. Press off hub, press onto new hub and reinstall.

 

Not really sure. Could be something else. Bearing just sound like a whirring noise or howl at speed

 

it should be covered under warranty. i have the cpo warranty and the dealer replaced 3 wheel bearings for me. i just had to pay the $50 deductable

 

I know mccaron had to replace his front wheel bearings on his AWD, and pretty sure he did it himself. Might be worthwhile to shoot him a PM

 

Unfortunately, no. It's a 6MT.

But I can give a few pointers on the install. First things first, the rotor and hub will be rusted stuck to the knuckle. A 2lb hammer will fix that. Whichever side you're working on, turn the steering wheel full lock to that side. Right side = full lock right.

In the area on the rotor that the dust shield does not cover, you'll be able to see an area of the rotor that the pad does not hit. I call it the 'shoulder'. While spinning the rotor, hit the shoulder with the hammer. Eventually, the rotor will break free.

It also helps to remove the ABS sensor from the back of the knuckle. Before you put the new bearing in, clean the recess where it sits. I also put a little bit of moly grease on interior case where it mates to the knuckle to keep it from sticking as much.

 

Mine doesn't howl anymore after removing the 19s.

 

Well, finally got the car in the air.

Spinning all 4 wheels by hand as fast as I can did not produce any results. Wheels spun smoothly. Could not feel anything odd.

Rotated the tires.....no difference.

Shot an IR thermometer at both front wheel bearings and found they were within 5 degrees of each other (running around 100*f coming off the highway) so I don't think one is heating up more than the other unless both are failing.

Put car in drive in the air and let it drive. No odd noises or feelings. Kinda cool to see all 4 wheels turning.

Facts. Tires are two weeks old. Continental extreme contact dws. I bought them because of their reviews about being quiet, so I have a hard time believing they are the cause. I noticed the noise about a week later. Noise is not loud, but I notice it above 40mph and really hear it at 60mph. Along with the noise, I feel a vibration in the steering wheel and shifter and pedals. Imagine putting a song that just buzzes on your radio. Picture that, but no music and joined by a whirring wheel noise in time with it.

I could swear it wasn't there last week....but now I'm not sure.

I have 2000 miles to figure this out.

 

One of the wheel bearings I replaced was quiet when it was in the air. I spun the wheel as fast as I could and there was no noise. The other one was nice and crunchy, so there was no doubt that it took a dump on me.

I replaced the bad one first and took it out for a drive. HUGE improvement, didn't feel like I was driving a dump truck anymore. But I was still getting a 'wom-wom-wom-wom' from the front left wheel. The left one was the one that sounded fine when it was in the air. My guess is that the weight and temperature was what was causing the left one to get noisy.

Still need to do the rears, but I want to wait until I get my new dust shields first. Going to go with Brembos and I'm not one to hack up dust shields if I can help it.