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There's a noise coming from my front driver's side wheel when I get up to around 60 mph. It's pretty loud...sounds like a hum that you would get from some kind of resonance effect. I can feel the hum through the steering wheel. I don't think it's an unbalanced wheel, because at 60mph the wheel shouldn't be spinning fast enough to cause a hum. My Windstar had an unbalanced wheel once that caused a big vibration in the steering wheel at around 70mph, but it was definitely not a hum...it was more like a shaking that was felt rather than heard. Could the hum have something to do with my CV joint? I have a feeling one or both of those are going.
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More likely wheel bearing, but rotate the tire to the rear to see if noise follows the tire, or not.
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97 Contour LX v6 atx 163,000km
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Originally posted by horseydug:
More likely wheel bearing,
I agree....does the humming change when you steer to the left or the right? This seems to happen when one of the wheel bearings is going...
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Hmm...I'll check it out. I think a wheel bearing was going in my previous car (a '98 Mystique) and that sounded more like a rhythmic scratching that happened once per wheel revolution than a hum...but maybe wheel bearing problems come in more than one sound...  Anyways, thanks for the help, guys!
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Optimized Y-pipe and TB
Open element intake w/heat shield
18x8 Mas Italy Axels (40 offset) w/225/40/18
2x Kicker 8" midbass "subs" in rear deck (infinite baffle setup)
A few more little things...(like bushings)
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I had a front left bearing go out. It caused a steady hum when I drove straight ahead, and when I steered to one side, but not when I steered in the other direction.
95 Contour Zetec, ATX (wrecked, sitting in the barn)
95 Mystique Zetec, MTX
2000 Taurus SEL 3.0L Duratec
1994 Crown Victoria LX 4.6 V8
1993 Chevy Silverado 4.3 V6
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How many miles do you have on your car when your bearings went. Just courious, seems to be a commen problem.
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Originally posted by jborge:
How many miles do you have on your car when your bearings went.
Don't know if this question was for me or for LegacySHO, but mine went at about 90K miles.
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Front right went on my '97 at about 100k km (60k miles).
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Yep, just checked it...makes a hum when I drive straight or steer slightly left, but no noise when steering slightly right. I just went on a 600 mile trip, so the noise kinda wore on me...loved those long gradual right turns though. I have about 55K miles on my car.
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Open element intake w/heat shield
18x8 Mas Italy Axels (40 offset) w/225/40/18
2x Kicker 8" midbass "subs" in rear deck (infinite baffle setup)
A few more little things...(like bushings)
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What size socket do you need to remove the big nut on the hub to change the bearing?
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