chris d

So recently I replaced my Passenger Wheel Bearing & they machine shop told me my Hub was a little worn out, I didn't have the money for a new hub so I had them out the new OEM bearing on anyways, I took the whole knuckle off my car for them to press the bearing out & in btw.. But i put everything back & now my car is pulling to the right. Would that be cause of the Wheel Hub or should I get my alignment checked? I do notice an odd noise coming from the wheel.

The noise does sound rythmic, when I speed up, it's speeds up. & it sounds like a whirling noise... The best I can describe it...

Tyson

the change in alignment ought to be expected when you take the knuckle off and on.

sounds like they didnt press the bearing in properly because thats a bad bearing noise.

and not replacing the hub was a bad move. they do weaken over time and fail under extreme conditions. for the amount of work it is it really should have been replaced.

oh well.

now you gotta do it all over again.... you can double check the bearing by just rotating the wheel and feeling and listening for roughness.

sorry.

chris d

Well, I replaced the hub the other day, & it still makes the same noise & still pulls to the right. Granted it was a cheap hub from autozone.... I put the "old" wheel bearing on the new hub, but the wheel bearing was only a couple days old & its OEM from Honda... Think that may be the culprit for the noise?

theotherchris

Are you sure it's not the brake shield, or the brake pad clips? Wheel bearings produce a growling noise, not so much a " whirling " sound.

And it is common for the alignment angles to change when everything is removed and reinstalled.

chris d

My rotor is being worn oddly, mostly wear on the outside of the rotor, & isn't the brake pad clip more of a high pitch noise? I don't hear anything when I'm braking, just when I'm driving maybe more than 10-15 mph

theotherchris

Pics of rotor...are both the slide pins greased and move freely?

chris d

I'd have to get the pics to you tomorrow, I'm at work right now.

chris d

I haven't been able to get pictures due to weather and work, but I did realize the sound stops when I start braking

theotherchris

If the sounds is coming from the side it's pulling to your caliper is either dragging, or a slide pin is seized