I think I might have Bad Front Wheels Bearings...can anyone list off the symptoms?

Thanks...

Suprdave

 

excessive play.. "dartiness" on the track.

Hold wheel at 9 and 3 o'clock.. rock back and forth..

 

Hold wheel at 12 and 6 and rock up & down while off the ground.

Sometimes it's just plain hard to tell. When you corner left, if you hear a wobbling noise from the right, there's a good chance the right front bearing is shot.

Warren

 

I'll show you mine. That'll learn ya. When you grab the hub with your hands and try to move it, it'll rock in/out and make "clunk" sounds.

 

I'll tell you guys my symptoms:

Makes a 'clunking' noise while driving.
Noise gains repetition with speed.
Noise goes away while cornering and while accelerating hard.

Basically It only clunks when the wheel is perfectly straight. Sounds like its coming from the right\front. Thanks in Advance.

Suprdave

 

sounds like it could be a CV joint, actually.

 

What about a loud drone sound while cruising on the highway? Or is that a sympton of a bad hub?

 

if the drone has some kind of periodicity (waa-waa-waa) that varies with speed, chances are it is a bearing.

 

Actually, a CV joint going bad would only make noise when accellerating and turning. (or both at the same time).
Sounds like the bearings. Most hondas I have worked on have sealed bearing/hub assemblys. Easy enough to take off, if you have the right tools. My recommendation would be to source the parts from a shop and not Honda/Acura.

 

Thanks Guys, I think it's the Wheel Bearings then...

I'm gonna get the car up on stands and check the 'wobble' today.

Suprdave

 

oops. You're right. And you forgot that a CV may also clunk when braking... I just never had a bearing actually clunk on me, they always seemed to go "waa-waa"...
Ah, I love them highly technical terms, linke clunkin', waa-waa, etc.

 

It's funny, because in the NVH engineering field, those words are highly regarded, widely known technical terms. In the clutch/driveline business that I am in, "clunk," "squeal," "eek," "squeak," and "moan" are all rigidly defined terms!

 

I guess it is more like a waaa-waaa-waaa at speed...

Sorta like the sound as if there was a flat spot on the tire and it hit it the faster you went and the sound slowed down when I slowed down.

Going out to check it now.

Suprdave

How safe is it to keep driving on these? Till I get some parts in.


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