On my gsr i have coilovers with performance struts, the car is about a 1" off the ground. The other day while driving it starting to make this noise like in the front passenger side wheel. Im guessing it is my bearings but i wanted to know could it be anything else, it sounds kinda like the tire is flat. I have no camber kit.

Thanx


Modified by Slammed00G s R at 7:48 AM 5/12/2005

 

bearings... quite expensive to fix

 

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Wheel bearings ? How so ?

 

is dat what it sounds like to you too?

 

better check the boot on ur axle...mine on the front passenger already went the other month...now im blessed wit replacing driver side...its great...I LOVE IT!!!!! haha but i would see if that bitch is leakin oil

 

Can you describe the noise in more detail?

It usually happens when, It always happens when:

Is it a clicking? Clunking? Grinding?

 

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wheel bearings are a cheap part.. but for labour it's roughly 2 hours..

i got both mine fixed at honda... roughly $600 after taxes.

 

HOLY SH*T!! 600$!?

My bad, I always assume everyone has access to a mechanicaly savvy friend and a shop press. Even if I didn't have access to a shop press I would take it apart myself and just pay someone for the press work.

Did both go at the same time?

 

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My bad, I always assume everyone has access to a mechanicaly savvy friend and a shop press. Even if I didn't have access to a shop press I would take it apart myself and just pay someone for the press work.

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first my drivers side, got that fixed ... a month later, my passenger side.. just got it fixed last month.

i was considering doing it myself but somebody told me if i screw up pressing the bearings i'll be effed again.

 

That sucks having to do them so close together ....

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This is why I mentioned having a shop do the press work for you. You do everything else, just get them to pop out the old one and pop the new one in there. Maybe 20 minutes of work per side?

For anyone else interested, it seemed fairly well described here:
https://honda-tech.com/zero...53350

 

yeah i might have the same problem too, it sometimes makes a clunking sound when i stop, turn and accelerate, it might be the cv joint though, i gotta ge tit checked out soon

 

Any play in the wheel (when jacked up) or vibration when driving/slaloming would would tend point to a wheel bearing.

Clunking when hitting bumps and stuff can be a few other things. (balljoints, struts, sway bar)

 

I had the same problem, it ended up the cv boot was shot. Don't bother changing the boot, its too much work just change the axle. If you take it somewhere to have the boot changed it will cost as much, probably even more than you changing the axle, and it is a lot less time consuming. GOOD LUCK!

 

If you go as far as removing the axle yourself, changing a boot isn't much more work. Probably some good info right here on HT.