Mel M

95 Civic EX 5-speed 220,000 miles. Loud drone, increasing with wheel speed, neutral doesn't change the noise, nor does steering side-to-side. Sounds like giant snow tires on front wheels. Any suggestions? Over the last few weeks it's progressed where I won't drive the car. Better to just get another transmission or fix this one? Car was worth about $2000 to me before this happened.

Aquafina

iTrader: (3)

Pull the axles out and see if the diff has play (not the side gears, the diff itself).

lsef

Umm,that sounds like wheel bearings to me...

TheShodan

iTrader: (14)

Sounds more like wheel bearings are going than anything else

Aquafina

iTrader: (3)

Wheel bearings won't have any noise present in neutral (at a stop). Since he mentioned neutral I assumed he meant the noise is present at idle. If its the wheel bearings he would find that when pulling the axles out.

Mel M

Sorry I did a bad job describing the noise. I meant neutral at 50 or 60. It did turn out to be a front wheel bearing. I didn't think a wheel bearing would sound like this.