jordan102398

So about a month and a bit ago my car started making this sort of scrapping/whirring noise coming from the passenger wheel well. At first I thought it was brake pads, but after I replaced them the sound continued. So next I checked the wheel bearing, that seemed fine, checked to see if the dust guard was scrapping, nope. I can't seem to figure out what the sound is. Everything looks and feels fine but it makes this terrible sound. It only occurs when going over 15kph and does not go away when braking. Along with that the sound speeds up with the speed of the car. Just wondering what you guys think it may be. Caliper? Rotor? Hub? The car is a 1991 Civic Si Hatch with a b16a4 swap. I have also included a video of the sound.

jordan102398

here is the video

acmoc

Hard to gauge, are your tires okay?

jordan102398

Yeah they are fine, I tried 2 sets of wheels and tires. My Winters and my summers which are GSR Blades. Although it did almost seem that the sound got a little worse once I switched the wheels to the GSR blades.

Pico

I'm thinking it's maybe a wheel barring that needs to be replaced.
Jack up the front of the car, loosen the lug nuts, and see if the
tire/wheel has a lot of play.. push and pull on the top of the tire
and see if it wiggles quite a bit.. if so, replace your barrings...

had the same thing happen in my 07 VW MK5

jordan102398

I did check to see if it was the wheel barring, there was a little bit of play but nothing abnormal. It also doesn't sound like a normal bad wheel barring and hasn't gotten worse in the month I have been driving it like this. I am probably just gonna replace the wheel barring anyways if I can't find anything else.

Tyson

there shouldnt be ANY play in bearings... but how are you checking? you did a spin test with the wheel off the ground? do you feel the roughness then?

kicking the top of the wheel or at the 3 and 9 isnt a test of the wheel bearing. or at least a good one. its more of a test of the balljoints.

jordan102398

I did the 3 and 9 and the 6 and 12 test.Perhaps maybe it is the wheel bearing, I don't feel much roughness when driving I'll have to check with the wheel of the ground.

acmoc

Is your brake disc cover rubbing the disc?

jordan102398

By disc cover I'm assuming that that is the dust guard? Yes I did check that

acmoc

is there a rock stuck in your brake pad? or the sliding pin stuck?
Just going off the easy stuff, I think it might be an axle or a wheel bearing.
Does it make odd noises at low speeds full lock left?

jordan102398

A little bit of clunking yeah

acmoc

that would indicate a bad cv axle joint