FLCEGKid,

When mine went out, it was a mild, uniform vibration. It felt like I was driving on a roughly paved road. Maybe I just repaired it before it got very bad, but the symptoms were not severe, and they existed at all speeds. It was noticeable when I went straight ahead, or when I turned one direction, but the noise and vibration stopped when I turned the opposite direction. When I jacked up the car, and shook the wheels, there was quite a bit of play in the wheel with the bad bearing.

I'm having symptoms now very similar to what you describe, but I don't think it's the wheel bearings. I'm getting a slight to moderate vibration most of the time, particularly at speeds above 50, but very noticeable when I brake. I wish I knew what it was. From my experience, and from what I've read in other posts, a tell-tale symptom of a bad wheel bearing will be that the symptoms stop when you steer to one side, but not to the other side. I'm not getting that now.


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