Jeremy; what kind of car is it? check to see if there is *any* play in the
front wheel bearings. Grab the top and bottom of each tire while it is off
the ground and wiggle. If there is any play in a front drive car, it is
probably due for replacement. Ditto for Camaros. Another test is to drive
on smooth asphalt and take it in gentle corners, left and right, at moderate
highway speeds. If you hear a growling sound in one direction, it is
probably the opposite wheel bearing; i.e.: if a left bend produces a growl,
the RF wheel bearing is probably toast. Just to eliminate the possibility
of tires, switch them from front to rear and vice versa and see if the noise
repeats. If it doesn't, it's probably the tires.
HTH
Mike Allendorfer (lurker and occasional big mouth)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Rine" <geratol@hotmail.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 4:22 PM
Subject: Is it my wheel bearings?
> After the last AutoX I was driving home (1.5 hour trip) with all my autoX
> junk in the car so things were rattling but then I heard a rapid low pitch
> quiet "whomping" coming from the front of the car. I couldn't tell if it
was
> the grooves in the road or not but it seemed that if I accelerated then
let
> off the gas quickly it got louder then quieter as the car slowed down. It
> kind of sounded like one of the front wheels could have been loose but I
> checked them and they were fine. The noise doesn't happen at low speeds,
> just on the freeway around 70 and up and it's louder the faster I go.
>
> My car has 20,900 miles and has been through 28 autoX events.
>
> I'm hoping it's just my street tires getting hard and transferring more
road
> noise through the car but with the National Tour only 3 days away I have
> been getting super paranoid about noises that my car makes(Like I'm not
> already).
>
> -Jeremy Rine
> #12 DSP
>
>
>
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