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Old 02-03-2006, 06:21 PM
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Default What sound do bad wheel bearings make?
Is the speed related click I hear from my front driver side the "wheel bearings are bad sound" or "CV joints are failing"?
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Typically, click=CV, honing sound(rumbling road noise) that gets worse with speed=wheel bearing
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Frick. Now comes the "wallet emptys for more maint sound".
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hehe, nice. You just did CV boots I read, did you say you'd do it again or pay to have it done?
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i would do it myself again so i can invest the $$$ into something else that i cant do
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I'm a glutten for punishment. I guess I have some reading to do.
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speed and uni directional changes unless both sides go bad at the same time.
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Re: Mine sounded like I was rollin on off road tires.
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