My 96 Contour makes some groaning noise when the steering wheel is turned to the right, corner or curve. Going straight and left is mostly quiet...
Searching from posts it seems wheelbearing might be to blamed. But...
I can't tell WHERE the groaning is from the left or right, nor front/back. So which bearing to replace???
I took it to a shop and the mach told me:
1) The bearings on my car are sealed units. So you can "check" to see if it's indeed shot before replacing it.
2) He didn't hear any noise at all! And whatever he heard he doesn't think is the kind with wheel bearing. Nor can he detect significant play in the wheels.
Basically, he doesn't hear what I heard. He doesn't think there's much problem with it...
I'm back to square one. What do I do now?
BTW, the car's got 80k, most of it on crappy city roads, and the rest on curvy mountain passes...
