Wheel Bearing noise

2001 Subaru Forester rear wheel bearings very noisy only 5k miles after having them replaced.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• subaru
• wheel
• bearing
• noise

[CJRamze]

Don't you think considering its one of the few things thats holding the wheel ONTO the car that driving on it would be a bad idea?

[unibrook]

yes. but it is one of those items that gets gradually worse with time and driving. so you really do have a pretty big window of time in which to get it done. trust me, the noise will get super irritating and drive you to fix it LONG before the wheel falls off the car. :-)

[jayguy173]

shake the tire on that corner back and forth and up and down if the wheel hub wobbles there bad

[unibrook]

Some cars will give you that tell-tale wobble if you jackup car and yank the wheel. Ours did not ever wobble at all, but that bearing was toast when I pulled it out to replace it myself. One of the balls had actually cracked in half! Small claims court got the shop to repay me in full.

[740221]

cars suck too bad you cant just buy one and not do anything to it but in reality you end up being broke because of them

[vincently1231]

:13 S13 FTW!!

[excusemyG]

thanks for tha upload...think i need to change my wheel bearings in my 92 Deville, does the steering wheel shake bad too???

[sarahata22]

@pepsiman456 thanks I took it to mechanic it was tie rod ending I also have to replace the control arm bushel too but fixing the rod took care of most of the noise problem. One of the mechanics i took my car to tried to charge me 2000 dollars for a flexpipe problem ( worth 50 dollars only) I said thanks in your dreams

[pepsiman456]

@sarahata22 sorry it wasn't immediate, but i'm not sure. im no where near a car expert. i would get it checked out.

[sarahata22]

@pepsiman456 please respond immediately I have loud thumping noise under my car and it feels as if it is jumping up and down. I the noise stops as I turn right or left could it be the same problem

[sarahata22]

@deybi1 that cliciking was the signal I believe not the wheel bearing. The driver was signaling to turn right or left

[Jackthesmilingblack]

I've had two Turbo Forester around that age. In Japan you tend to scrap at 100,000km. Timing belt, rear wheel bearings, major service due... In rural Japan scrapping is FoC and auction prices are way low. Buy under 50,000km, scrap at 100,000. Last owner. Pay rock bottom, have low expectations.

[deybi1]

click click click click ohh its telling u stop being lazy take me to a shop

[pepsiman456]

lol my car was making a very loud thumping-ish noise, and shook.. i took it to a mechanic and was told that it was the wheel bearing, and was told that it was amazing that it hadent fallen off or whatever (i forgot what he said) he said he could move it like 3-4 inches..

[spinynorman1982]

I have to thank you. My Toyota Echo 2004 is making the same noise in the front end. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with them until I saw and heard this video.