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I have a Toyota Camry that’s making a humming noise when you’re driving. Its starts out low and gets louder as you speed up then about 60 it mellow out.
I suspect it’s a wheel bearing. But it doesn’t change when you turn to the left or the right. SO I thinking it’s the back bearing. But I can seem to find any play in the wheels when I got it jack up.
Any help would be appreciated. The noise just drives you crazy banghead
It won't have play unless the bearning is REALLY bad,,,,,,,, don't just check for play in it, spin it, you will hopefully be able to hear it "growling" when you do and know which one it is. It may just be one of the front bearings instead of the rear.
I do on one of them front. but it sounds like the brake pads are touching. mabe i should take the brakes assembly off and see. none of these wheels have play in them
Check you tires first. Put car on jack stands and you can run it to see if you hear the noise in the front end
just put some new tires on it. Needed some anyway but didn't do anything for the humming. I'll put it up on stands this after noon and see. THANKSQuote:
Originally Posted by LSL Angler
c v joint going bad?
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It's humming cause it don't know the words!
Barry, you have all the answers! LOL!
sounds like possibly a wheel bearing. but usually you can get the noise to change when you add load to that brearing. ? try this, speed up until you "drive out" of the noise, then try turning the wheel. see if there is any change.
in my exerience, CV joints click when they go out.
another thing to think about is engine mounts or tranny mounts. sometimes when a mount goes bad it no longer isolates engine noise from the car body. sometimes engine noise can enter the fraim rails via the metal to metal contact. can sound a lot like drive train noise. I had this happen to me on a wrecked car that I fixed and it drove me batty trying to figure out that noise. easy fix though. look for metal to metal contact, torn rubber or even dirt collected on oil around the mounts.(some mounts are oil charged and when they go bad, they tend to leak oil)
I had 13 trucks in my roofing buss. Chey, dodge, fords and 1 Toyota was the last one.. Always in the shop for some kind of repair in Till i bough that Toyota also made in amearican that gave 242,000 miles without going to the shop. Except for tires and oil changes. Sold it to my son annd he drove it till it 476,000 miles. A deer finally took it out---- No not a john deer.Quote:
Originally Posted by smcfrln
might be the tires that are making the "roar" you hear, had a Ford Sport Trac with mud tires, they were worn, and sounded like what you are describing, new tires and the "roar" went away. Bearings are cheaper than tires, but........
I go it all jack up on all fours. spin each tire and its the back driver thats making the noice. It dons't move from left to right or from top to bottom but it makes a noice when i spin it where the other's don't.
Might as well do a brake job since i'm here.
Thanks for all your help
I found this on you tube. Wheel bearing noise - YouTube Once i got all 4 wheel off the ground the back driver is the noice maker. JUst love this site can find out how to bake bread to fixing your car and get some fishing advise too. BOO Ya :biggrin