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Old 03-19-2003, 12:31 PM
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Hey, UhaveanSTD-
I respectfully disagree with your diagnosis. When a wheel bearing is going bad, it makes a whoom, whoom,whoom,whm-whm-whm noise, and it gets louder and higher in pitch as you go faster.
And it's LOUD! The kind of loud that makes a new passenger ask, "WTF is THAT? Are we going to die?"
You can make it like that for a long time. A buddy of mine drove his CRX like that for a year.
I agree, there's nothing resembling a 'stabilizer bar', so it must be something else, something which moves from side to side as the wheel is turned.
I'd say, put the front of the car up on jack stands, get underneath, and have someone turn the steering wheel from side to side. It should be obvious when something rubs.
Flunky
PS-I don't recommend having the engine running during this process.
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