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Old 12-16-2008, 10:21 PM
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Re: humming from front end

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Originally Posted by lorakew
Well, i looked the part "strut mount" on autopartswarehouse.com and it costs about $75.00 for both the strut mount and bearing (comes packaged together). The only problem is that the parts are sold by "their location on the car", front left or front right. i don't know which side the passengers side is. Is the passengers side a front right, or front left?
http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/se...tt=strut+mount
The passenger side is the right side of the auto.

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Originally Posted by lorakew
One problem solved, now the humming is still left to fix.

Any ideas? I searched up "front end noise hum" and read a similar thread on a Chevy Blazer, and it was diagnosed with a bad right lower ball joint, idler arm, and wheel bearing assembly. . I already had the bearing changed, however would you suggest replacing the ball joint and idler arm? I thought you could only tell if the ball joint was bent. How can you tell if a ball joint is bad?
Fix the strut mount before you do anything else, then continue if you still have another unrelated problem. There is a reasonable chance the humming is related to this problem and will disappear when you replace the strut mount. Good luck. You are doing a great job.
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