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    Humming noise from driver rear wheel...

    there is a humming sound that slows as the car slows, so i got out and tugged on the wheel and there is some play...

    what could be the problem??
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    Wheel hub bearing.
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    Wheel Bearing would be my guess.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PrestoMB
    Wheel Bearing would be my guess.
    +2 had the same problem

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    ok heres something new, did your wheels hub bearings pop when you go around a turn in the direction oppisite of the side the noise is coming from?

    in other words, if my prob is on the driver and i turn kinda hard at any speed to the right, i hear poping, loud as hell too. also im sure this goes along with that, the faster i got the more rapid the popping

    if that changes anything...
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    Hub bearings make the most noise when you turn away from them, because the load shift to than side.

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    Im gonna say wheel bearing... get it checked out cuz you dont want a wheel bearing to go out when your driving down the highway... haha ive had that pleasant experience before

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    alright thanks, i have a complete rear subframe here at the house so ill just pick the parts i need off that and swap em?

    one last thing, where is the part i need to replace, and is there anything else along with the hub bearing that i need to replace...basically the whole rotor assebmly?

    thanks a lot for the help
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    After your take the rotor off the part left is the hub and the bearing is in the center.

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    Wheel bearing ehh?? WTF...when bought this car, I had the same sound from the Right Real of the car like OP described but no pop or click sound. I brought it back to the place and asked them what went wrong. They said it was my wheel bearing and they fixed it with charging labor cost and when I get my car back...the sound get came from the back is decrease but now I got the pop/click sound everytimes I turn right or go over a bump. I gave up on that...
    (sorry for stealing your post)

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    im having the same problem as we speak.....

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    I had the same problem when i bought my car. Wheel Bearing replacement.


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    well i have a passenger rear that i wont be needing if one of yall need it...

    im gonna try and get the rotor off probably tonight, but last time i tried to get a rotor off it was fruitless...i couldnt break the little hex bolt free...any advice?
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    Quote Originally Posted by mackle
    Wheel bearing ehh?? WTF...when bought this car, I had the same sound from the Right Real of the car like OP described but no pop or click sound. I brought it back to the place and asked them what went wrong. They said it was my wheel bearing and they fixed it with charging labor cost and when I get my car back...the sound get came from the back is decrease but now I got the pop/click sound everytimes I turn right or go over a bump. I gave up on that...
    (sorry for stealing your post)
    Do you know if they replaced the wheel bearing itself? If they only charged you for labor and nothing for the parts, then they probably just did something to prevent the humming sound from going off, and you said that when you got the car back you still heard the noise but less than before??? Once it starts to make that sound you will have to replace it already... raped...

    Otherwise, that popping clicking sound could also not be from the bearing . . .

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    Quote Originally Posted by blink21m3
    Do you know if they replaced the wheel bearing itself? If they only charged you for labor and nothing for the parts, then they probably just did something to prevent the humming sound from going off, and you said that when you got the car back you still heard the noise but less than before??? Once it starts to make that sound you will have to replace it already... raped...

    Otherwise, that popping clicking sound could also not be from the bearing . . .
    They did not charge me for labor but they charged me for parts..$350...and they showed me what they took out which im not mistaking was the trailing arm.

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