Wheel Bearing Test - Which Side Is It?
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2019
- There is misinformation being passed around still about determining which wheel bearing is bad in your vehicle. In this video, I explain and show how that information is incorrect and can lead to a misdiagnosis of which wheel bearing has failed. I also show some of the more reliable methods of determining exactly which wheel bearing is bad in your vehicle.
Good advice. The spin test holding the spring is key! I can't believe how often I have read that the loud bearing loaded is the bad one. Only to find out it isn't true. Mine was the opposite. Thanks for making this video!
Holding the spring and spinning tire and feel for vibration works 100% you are so right in your video also about everything
Good info, I was in the same situation. the bearing noise used to go away on swerving right so, I thought the right front was bad and replaced it, but the noise is still there. will try out the vibration method and see if the left one was bad.
Thanks so much. The myth had me thinking it was something else on the Cv because when loaded on that side sound when away. Best video on this issue!
Thank you for making this video .
It helped me a lot .
Thank for the info, man. I used the loaded/ unloaded rule of thumb and replaced the wrong bearing last fall. Ended up suffering with the noise through the winter and spring. I ended up confirming the bad side with a Steelman clamp-on stethoscope. I had replaced the driver side rear bearing but it really was the passenger side rear.
Absolute gold :) Just jacked up the car,sure enough holding the spring targeted the rumble ,you rock:) cheers
Great video with good advice thanks
Very informative video sir thanks
You were exactly right on my car. Conventional thinking made me think the bad bearing was on the drivers side but just as you said the bearing in pieces was on the passenger side. It helped my ABS pointed to a bad speed sensor on the passenger side.
Another great job
Maybe it's not 100% just the weight of the load on the bearing, but the direction it's coming in from. When you swerve, maybe putting more weight on it in a "side-load" quiets it down some.
I just changed my passenger side bearing because the ol' swerve test said it was that side. Still making the same noise when going straight. Stops completely when I swerve to the right (taking weight off that passenger side bearing I just replaced).
Going to check the driver side out. I did check for play and everything seems tight. Going to try feeling the spring for any vibration.
Wish I saw this video first!!! Listen to this guys advice!!! Don't be dumb like me. LOL
Superb Advice 👍
Helpful, thanks.
I've got this exact problem. I noticed the "growl" when it was very light, so much so that the mechanic couldn't hear it but I could (being used to the car). Sound was coming from the front driver side, so I had that bearing replaced but the growl was still there. I took it back, the mechanic said the only other thing it could be was the bearing inside the engine / gearbox which was a job more than the cars worth, so I decided to drive it until it dies. A year later, and the growling noise is much louder, the noise sounds like it's the driver side and doing the swerve test points to it being the driver side too, but that is the one I had replaced. We got the car up on the lift, gave both wheels a spin, and it's the passenger side that needs doing. About to have the job done, so hopefully it will fix the problem, if not, I have no idea what to look at next.
Quick follow up, had the job done, problem solved. Passenger side was at fault.
@@jasondudgeon9510 Wow, so either the mechanic is amazingly incompetent, or corrupt as hell.... (or both). Although if it was just being corrupt, when you didn't bite on big money for gearbox, you would think he would settle for the other side bearing..... so maybe add lazy to it.
@@jasondudgeon9510I replaced my driver side but still hearing a growing and gets louder when I turn to the left so would it be my passenger side? 😊
@@dentondunn4346 in my case it was. Jack up the front & give the wheel the spin test is best advice I can give.
Yes, most likely.😎
Thanks for sharing
In my 2009 Prius, there is no play, and I don't feel any vibration in the spring when the tire is rotated. I can't figure out which side is making all the noise.
I do appreciate the video, because I am currently dealing with this exact problem, though with a few differences. I know that it's the driver side making the noise, but when I load that side by turn right, the noise completely stops, but doesn't get worse when I swerve the other way. The other thing that has me confused is that if I drive at highway speed then slow back down in my neighbourhood streets, the sound will have completely disappeared and doesn't return until I have left the car sit long enough (and it doesn't always come back then). However, I am sitting here with my car up on a jack and a wheel off, and the bearing is sloppy, so there's no doubt there. The really disappointing part is that I had the bearings replaced less than a year ago, which means that I somehow have had two new bearings fail in my car in less than a year (one of the rear ones failed in a matter of months).
I’ve seen infinity g35s that eat wheel bearings at alarming rates. It’s common knowledge for owners of those models. What make is your vehicle?
@@larrydecker881 2008 Ford Focus.
I have used that technique every time I have been trying to figure out what side was bad and it has never been wrong and I have changed many many wheelbearings
A month after getting new tires on my 2023 ES350, I suddenly have a humm at 50+mph. It’s very slight, but I hear it and slightly feel it. After experimenting, I find if I set my cruise at 60, while driving straight, I can turn the wheel to the left ever so slightly, and the noise goes away. Move it back to center the noise comes back- every time. Car only has 23,000 miles. Could it be a wheel bearing?
Cool thanks 😊
After you replaced the first one. Did ur other side seem to get louder?
How do we determine if it is front or back? Is the sound/noise obviously coming from the front or back?
Thank you for your video at least I know now how to check all wheels...
Where are you located in Kansas? Do you do work for the public?
Not that is any of my business. But you need that seatbelt on for safety reasons. Thanks for the video very informative.
Agree with Lokesh, good info. And I was also in the same situation. Guessed wrong. Now back into it with a different vehicle. Ford Escape. Definitely wheel bearing growl and lessens when swaying one direction. To further the frustration up on jacks there is no play and no detectable roughness. So I feel like I'm at a point of having to purchase and replace both bearings... or find an infrared temperature gauge somewhere which is additional cost. Any other checks anyone knows of out there?
Before you buy both and do that, check the rear. I've had a couple Fords that I would have swore was bearing noise from the front, and it was the rear.
Both bearings could be bad
I've always been told that it's the opposite bearing; its louder when it's unloaded. EDIT: not the case for a BMW X5, the bearing goes quiet when unloaded (left turn quiets the noise = suspect left bearing). Just been through two wheel bearing changes . . and there is very little to help diagnose until the hub is off the car. Try test driving in passenger seat, back seat . .
100% accurate info!! According to the drive test, mine was passenger side😂 When it was actually, the drivers side!
Excellent video! Must see video.. In my opinion!
any helpful tips on how to isolate/test the front wheel drive axle support bearing? not sure if my noise is coming from a wheel bearing or the support bearing.
Video star ar 6:30 thanks!
yep.... the earlier parts gave me nothing useful at all!
I got bit once by relying on the steering method to determine which side was bad..
My vehicle began making the same humming vibration as in the video. Started 600 miles ago and occurs when veering left. Veer right = Silent. There is no play or noise when the front wheels are off the ground. I can tell it's one of the front bearings - can't tell which one!
Guess I'll need to replace both front bearings? 300K car.
Maybe wait until the problem is more pronounced?
From what he said, it sounds like it would be the right wheel bearing that would have been bad. Did you have it checked out, and was it the passenger side?
@@bekah242 Yes, it was the FR wheel bearing. Before replacement I confirmed this by a different method that I highly recommend: Raise the suspected wheel off the ground and turn it by hand while feeling the spring with the other hand. The grinding vibration is amplified by the spring allowing it to easily detected, especially when comparing the LH side using the same method.
And if it's a 4 wheel drive?
Why don't you just replace them both? If one is out chances are the other side is almost out to
if someone can’t afford to get both done at the same time
Because that isn’t necessarily true. By that rationale if one goes bad why stop at 2 and not change all 4?
Sorry, where exactly to measure the temperature?
Measure temp where wheel bots up to the rotor
Lol so i replaced one of mine and i drove it and holy shit the one i didnt do got so loud, im sssuming since now one side is fresh, the one i didnt replace gets hella load becusse its super loud now. But im replacing that too
Call me crazy, but I heard the opposite. It seemed to get worse going to the right, NOT to the left like he said. Please, anybody,help, as I've used this method with success before, and need to again now! Thanks!
Yes it works both ways
Thanks buddy but PLEASE people do NOT turn your engine off if your car has electric power steering
My tire doesn't spin. I had it in Neutral.
There is a tool called chassis ears
You’re explanation is off. It sounded like you got the right and left mixed up. If the noise is less when you swerve left, the left is bad?
all your bearings must be gone . as well as the exhaust .
Are you kidding me? With all the background noise I cant hear freaking thing you're saying!!