For the past couple weeks I have experienced a noise building up sounding like my wheel bearing goin on my front driver side wheel. The thing about it, is that it only does it when going straight or turning to the right. When ever I turn left the sound stops. I guess the best i can compare the noise to is a turbine spining getting louder the faster I go. Just this week I have another problem to add to it. A serious scrapping sound when i first start car up in the morning and drive. As I continue to drive and the car gets warm the sound stops until I turn right. Also I hear this scrapping sound when breaking hard after driving pretty fast.

Can someone please shed some light on this? Im running out of ideas and would really like to get this taken care of.

 

You're probably right about the wheel bearing thats usually how it works... turn one way it stops other way it gets worse etc. Scraping is probably the starter going or the gears are ****ed

 

The scrapping also sounds like its coming from the front wheel area? That would be a direct reflection of the stater?? By gears you are refering to the transmission correct? If so why would it stop scrapping after a good amount of heat has built up down there as well as only when turning right thereafter

 

"A serious scrapping sound when i first start car up in the morning and drive."
I mean the flywheel and the starter gear colliding...

 

The humming sound is very likely the wheel bearing.

As far as the second problem...does it make the sound when you actually start the car? or only when you are driving? If it is also coming from the front wheel, the easiest thing would be to take off the wheel(s) and inspect everything. There are a number of things in the front wheels that can cause grinding/scraping sounds.

 

The sound is actually when im driving. It was about 45 degrees this morning and I havent driven the car since about 7pm last night. I didn't hear the noise yesterday. The only time i heard the noise before is after going pretty fast on the highway and brekaing on the on ramp. The best way i can discribe the noise is if you where to try to say "cush cush cush cush cush cush" repeatedly imagining the noise in a rythm with the spining of the hub. I took off the wheel yesterday and did a bit of inspecting, but Im no mechanic so I didnt spot anything to out of the ordinary. Is there anything you can point me in the direction of? as far as keeping an eye out for. Like what are some the problems it can be?

 

also do berings on the 98 gsr need to be pressed?

 

yes, the bearings need to be pressed in.

 

when I do my hub bearing I used a torch to heat the hub up and then pull the bearing out with a pry bar, and then I press new one in with a large C clamp making sure the hub goes in straight... If your getting a lot grinding sound when driving too then, you bet, it is the hub bearing... if it was anything else that would be a suprise

 

I'm not sure how you managed to do this.

If you do it yourself, just remove the hub and take it somewhere to get the old bearing pressed out, and the new one pressed in. Get this fixed first and see if it fixes the other problem. If not, it sounds like it could be your brakes. How old are they? Feel the rotor and see if it's smooth and look to see how much meat is left on the pad. The pulsating sound you are describing sounds like worn brakes