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Old 08-05-2012, 12:34 AM
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Re: Howling 1997 Taurus

Your description sounds completely consistent with a faulty wheel bearing. Now you get to figure out which one. I'd be inclined to suspect the passenger front bearing since when you unloaded it around the hard corner at 55 the noise seemed to go away. You could always suggest to your neighbor that they replace both front bearings since if one is failing, there is a good chance the won't be far behind. Other than the cost of an alignment, there wouldn't be much savings though to doing them both now versus waiting for the other to fail.

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