How To Find If A Wheel Bearing Is Bad

Scotty Kilmer, mechanic for the last 43 years, shows you how to find out if you need a new wheel bearing. Visit Scottykilmer.com for answers to all your car questions

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• wheel
• bearing
• roaring
• humming
• replace
• bad
• scotty
• kilmer
• expert
• mechanic
• advice

[MSSBonaFideBro026315]

Too bad mine are on the way out on my Chevy 94 and I cant get the wheel off because the lugs are rusted BAD. Any advice Scotty?

[scottykilmer]

@MSSBonaFideBro026315 soak em in wd 40 and use a torch if that doesn't work

[Ryznrun]

hey scotty i have a 98 dodge avenger and its making a roaring sound coming from the front i"m pretty sure its the bearing but i"m not 100% positive it sat for 6 years in my neighbors yard and it was in rough shape when i got it and i"ve done a lot of work to it but this noise has always been there and gotten a lot worse since i"ve had the car. any help would be awesome, thnx!

[scottykilmer]

@Ryznrun sway back and forth 40 mph on a road when no ones around. if the noise changes, then it's a wheel bearing on the side opposite the way you swerved.

[americanista1993]

It does it when I drive let's say for 30 minutes in freeway after 30 minutes its starts doing the noise and it does it when I'm going straight forward to.

[scottykilmer]

@americanista1993 when they really are worn they act like that.

[scottykilmer]

@jtman04401 OK, nut, gee, nobody's perfect. You can see what I"m doing though. Scotty

[scottykilmer]

@Infinitrium Gee, I didn't know beavis and butt head were still alive. Scotty

[crrazyy]

PITA  = Pain In The Ass .........dealing with wheel bearings

[istishhadi]

There are some really ungrateful people who have nothing better to do than criticize. At least he took the time to do the step by step on how to replace the bearing.. Thanks for showing us Scotty, keep doing what your doing.

[NTKsuckit]

@americanista1993 does it have cv shafts if so they may be bad

[scottykilmer]

@americanista1993 many things make many noises, but if you drive back and forth and the noise quiets down when going say left, then the right bearing would be bad. And vice versa.