I am stumped.
I am still having this humming noise at around 50 mph, it will go away around 60mph and then again it starts around 70mph.
So i wanted to update every one on what's going on with this car:
It is a 2000 toyota camry 5S-FE, and has 95,000 miles on it. I've changed both the drivers side and passengers side bearings. When i took off the knuckle hub assembly and had Napa change out the bearings, I also took a look at the dust cover to see if maybe it was rubbing against the rotor, and it seemed fine. Nothing else was obstructing the front axle. In addition to the humming noise, my steering wheel shakes slightly when i'm driving at higher speeds, and i noticed one day going over the bridge in st. pete that my car kinda goes up and down bobbing only very slightly, and also swaying side to side, but very slightly. I've also changed my tires after noticing the humming and put brand new tires on. I up with balance and rotation, i've also had an alignment; but the humming noise is still there. I read my haynes manual about the swaying and bobbing and haynes suggests that i look at the stabilizer bar, stabilizer linkage bar, bushings, shocks and struts. Although i don't believe any of these things are causing the humming, i did a thorough look at those parts today on my car.
I took a few detailed photos and posted them in a slideshow. Please take a look. I checked the struts for leakage, looked at the bushings, but i didn't remove the bracket. Now i realize that the bushings are not infront of the bracket but rather inside the bracket. I also looked at the stabilizer bar linkage on both wheels, and the stabilizer bar doesn't look bent. I'm curious about changing the struts but it's pretty expensive, however, i have also heard sounds when i go over bumps. the passengers side wheel makes a few hollow quiet thumps when i go over a bump. kinda like something is creaking around the passengers wheel. I'm stumped about the humming and thumping.
Here is the link to the slideshow. Please let me know if you see anything unusual.
http://s138.photobucket.com/albums/q...view=slideshow