Any ideas: wheel bearing?

thebrasso · 10 Mar 2006 at 13:00

My car makes an annoying whine when above 30mph..its got a bit louder in the last two weeks. Its not a grating/scraping sound, and the car drives fine so I'm not unduly worried. It sounds a bit like a wheelbearing, having heard one on a mates car before.

At first I thought it could be the gearbox, but it if I'm doing say 50mph in 4th and come off the gas it is still there..but will go away when I slow down. So that rules out the gearbox in my mind. What do you reckon?

Any way to check the bearing myself? Its in for a service next week, but I was thinking jack it up and manually turn the wheel, I should hear it then shouldn't I?

Anything else you think it could be? It sounds like a drivers side front wheel. But the sound definitely sounds like it comes from the front of the car.

thebrasso · 10 Mar 2006 at 17:49

Any ideas guys? If say it was an axle problem, would it show up in some other way like something noticeable when I applied the brakes?

thebrasso · 10 Mar 2006 at 18:23

Aye, revs don't seem to have any impact. It seems to be purely how fast I am going. I'm just hoping its not something like an axle problem or a CV joint. Or anything suspension related because that could turn expensive.

thebrasso · 10 Mar 2006 at 18:27

Cheers, I'll try jacking it up. It sounds like a drivers side front wheel. The fact I can only hear it from 30mph onwards says wheel bearing to me.