wheel bearing bad?

[ray666]

anyone know what a bad bearing in the wheel would sound like? i'm getting what sounds like bolts in a cement mixer. the sound gets worse as i accelerate. thx

[blacksrjdm]

Kinda sound like......wwwwwwaaaaaaaaaooooooooosssssshhhhhhhh krrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr or maybe a weep weep sound. could be somewhat of a aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhh.

My bad bearing just kinda made a wrrrrrrrrring noise.

Another person that doesnt know how to check the bearings out. Jack up the car and with the car off, shake the wheels one by one by hand...and if you feel play in the bearing and are not sure if its the bearing or not...take it to someone that can tell what is bad.

[Dattebayo]

the sound gets worse as i accelerate. thx

Does the sound happen if it is out of gear? Do you have a auto or manual? When you walk, do you lean to the right a little? Can you be more general please?

[le_ryan]

usually a wheels bearing will make the sound alot more when turning to one side or another.Early signs of a wheel bearing going out is a steady buzz sound, that gets louder if you turn one way or the other, depending on the side its on.Worser casses of a bad wheel bearing do sound like BBs getting ground down to nothingness.when you get the wheel sbearing off, if you shake it, and hear what sounds like tic tacs inside, its bad. lol

[ray666]

the other thing i noticed was it feels like i have a flat, i get a "drifting" sensation from left to right every once in awhile when i'm driving straight.

[le_ryan]

slight negative camber..( or is it caster ? ).. in the front will cause the tires to try and follow the path of groves in the road.You prolly need an allignment, But first check your shocks up front, with the bounce test. Bad shocks will cause a floating sensation when going over dips.

[ray666]

i just checked prices on bearings and they aren't very cheap. i'm gonna drive the car in a sec and make sure of every thing. thx guys

[le_ryan]

if you can get the car in the air and spin the wheel as fast as you can, then turn the steering wheel, side to side it will put a bind on the wheel bearing and you can tell which one is bad, when it starts to make noise.Most of the time you cant tell unless you turn the wheels, casue theirs no preasure on the wheel bearing until you turn the steering wheel.This takes a friends help of course.

this is for the front wheels, and it usually works better in a FWD car, as you can just put it in gear, and turn the wheels while its in the air.

[574-240sx]

the other thing i noticed was it feels like i have a flat, i get a "drifting" sensation from left to right every once in awhile when i'm driving straight.

Could be a wheel bearing, I know that feeling, I have a rear wheel bearing going out.

Jack the car up keeping the wheel on. Grab the wheel and try to rotate it side to side in small motions. Now grab the wheel top to bottom and try to shake it again in small bursts. If both ways they have some play then you are dealing with a bad wheel bearing. There should be no play unless you have a bad tie rod or ball joint.

[ray666]

you guys won't believe this i just took the wheel off and notice the tire was Really flat. i didn't see any punctures i decided to look on the inside of the tire and saw a crack in rim about an inch long, where the rim and tire meet. what a bummer!

[le_ryan]

lol.com

[Dattebayo]

See, and you could have actually looked at your wheel before posting all this theoretical crap. Amazing.

[ray666]

looks like someone needs a hug. so sad

[blacksrjdm]

you guys won't believe this i just took the wheel off and notice the tire was Really flat. i didn't see any punctures i decided to look on the inside of the tire and saw a crack in rim about an inch long, where the rim and tire meet. what a bummer!

IDIOT!!!

Kinda sound like......wwwwwwaaaaaaaaaooooooooosssssshhhhhhhh krrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr or maybe a weep weep sound. could be somewhat of a aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhh.

My bad bearing just kinda made a wrrrrrrrrring noise.

Another person that doesnt know how to check the bearings out. Jack up the car and with the car off, shake the wheels one by one by hand...and if you feel play in the bearing and are not sure if its the bearing or not...take it to someone that can tell what is bad.

No one ever listens to me...If he had just checked the car out like I told him too, there would have been no need....

[ray666]

i did check out the car like you told me to chief! i guess we need a group hug. again so sad, so sad i love how people try to act big and bad on here, it makes me chuckle.

[crackler]

For what it is worth, you don't need to jack the car up to check the wheel bearings. Either grab the top of tire, then push and pull on it, or put your foot on the top of tire and push in on it. If you can hear / feel it moving, then there is good chance it is bad. Most if not all mustangs have bad slop in the bearings, if ou get a chance to check the wheel bearings on a mustange, you will know exactly what I am talking about. They usally make a slapping sound when shaken in and out.

Bummer on the cracked wheel. At least you found it before it failed.

[ray666]

THANK YOU for the civilized reply, unlike some of the "ruffians" on here. no one looked at the fact of how dangerous it would have been, had the rim failed on me while driving on the interstate or at high speeds. morons.

[Dattebayo]

Nobody listens to blacksrjdm because he is a tool.

[crackler]

Nobody listens to blacksrjdm because he is a tool.

Nice.

[blacksrjdm]

But see I try really hard though.

[blacksrjdm]

THANK YOU for the civilized reply, unlike some of the "ruffians" on here. no one looked at the fact of how dangerous it would have been, had the rim failed on me while driving on the interstate or at high speeds. morons.

And if your driving a car that is unsafe, and something happened then you would have no one but yourself to blame if something happened because you had a bad tire. No one else on here even gave you that good of advice.

See, and you could have actually looked at your wheel before posting all this theoretical crap. Amazing.

And what makes you so special??

For what it is worth, you don't need to jack the car up to check the wheel bearings. Either grab the top of tire, then push and pull on it, or put your foot on the top of tire and push in on it. If you can hear / feel it moving, then there is good chance it is bad. Most if not all mustangs have bad slop in the bearings, if ou get a chance to check the wheel bearings on a mustange, you will know exactly what I am talking about. They usally make a slapping sound when shaken in and out.

Bummer on the cracked wheel. At least you found it before it failed.

Leaving the car on the ground wont tell you for sure what is moving, the reason you put it in the air is so that you can hold certain ball joints to be sure that the bearing is the culprit. If your feeling movement on the ground it could be upper or lower ball joints, or inner and outer tie rods, or a bad bearing. If you jack it up then you can see and feel what is moving. I am an ASE certified tech in suspension and alignment also. But I suppose tool is a good word for someone with alot of useless skills and information.

[ray666]

as long as you can be informative you're useful but, its when you stray away from that. you become useless.

[blacksrjdm]

as long as you can be informative you're useful but, its when you stray away from that. you become useless.

This whole thread is useless. A little bit of observation would have shown you the broken wheel. And you wouldnt have made stupid comments about wheel bearings or whatever. I gave good advice my first post...was just trying to be a little funny, if you read the bottom of my first post, I gave you a suggestion on how to figure what is bad...but yet, you didnt check it out before posting because if a tire is low on my car...then I know it. I check my wheels, tires, oil, ps fluid, etc... once a week at least. O well, get a new rim, drive the car, well see ya the next thread.