What are the signs that you have bad wheel bearings?

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Jack up the suspect wheel, check for play by shaking the wheel. There should be no or very little play.

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you will also start to hear a humming sound. or you can also hear metal with metal or grinding.

On more current cars the bearing are sealed and incorporated into a hub assembly. Signs they are going bad include: a hum or roar that can be stopped when turning the steering wheel in one direction but not the other, that is unless both sides have bad bearings. The noise sound similar to a choppy worn tire. Some wheel bearings assemblies have ABS (Anti Lock Brake) sensors built into them, an ABS light may illuminate if one goes bad. Just as a warning, brake rotors that do not have a heat isolating groove in them may transfer heat to the hub and cause wheel bearing failure.

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The first sign is all most always a noise ( usually humming) if you can turn the niose off by steering left or right it is one of the front wheels--if that dosen't make a differance it might be a rear bearing or just as likely a likely a tire problem

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