Re: Wheel bearings

["Gerardo S. Rojas" <gsrojas@lucent.com>]

Darren,

I had the same problem, left front wheel bearing went bad.  Only my
car has 40k.  You probably want to do the brakes and the bearing at
the same time, but don't wait to long.

Darren Gibbons wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I think that my car needs one (or two) new front wheel bearings. There's a
> humming noise/slight vibration at speed coming from the front of the car,
> that becomes slightly louder when I turn to the right.  I had the car
> checked out when I purhased it, and they said that it was probably a wheel
> bearing but they would have to do more investigation before they knew which
> side.
> 
> The car is a '97 with 89,000 KM.
> 
> Do these symptoms sound like a bad bearing?  Is this something I should fix
> right away, or can it wait a couple of weeks when I take it in to get new
> brake pads?
> 
> Thanks for any advice,
> 
> Darren.

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