JNewm
True Classic
Hi all--
Hoping to leverage the collective wisdom of the forum to diagnose a humming sound that seems to be coming from the right front wheel of my '81 X. It intensifies as the car speeds up and quiets as the car slows down. It also seems to get slightly louder when I turn car to the right and quiets to basically nothing when I turn the car to the left. (This is while the car is moving--there's no noise when the car is stopped.)
The car is wearing nearly new tires and had a recent alignment done by a really excellent shop that didn't mention having any issues trying to align it. Tires seem to be wearing normally. Neither front tire is rubbing on the suspension or wheel well. The steering wheel doesn't seem to pull either way or otherwise wander while in motion. Steering wheel/rest of the car also don't seem to vibrate (well, any more than a normal X on a highway--this ain't exactly a Maybach).
Everything suspension-related is most likely original to the car, so it's all ~40 years old and has about 125,000 miles on it.
With all that in mind, my very non-expert diagnosis is the front right wheel bearing. But I've never been a huge fan of mis-diagnosing car issues and putting in a bunch of work only to find that it was unnecessary. And I guess I think of wheel bearings as an "if it ain't broke..." kind of thing.
Anyone have any thoughts? Should I go ahead and replace the bearing, or is it more likely the ______________ instead? Thanks in advance!!
Hoping to leverage the collective wisdom of the forum to diagnose a humming sound that seems to be coming from the right front wheel of my '81 X. It intensifies as the car speeds up and quiets as the car slows down. It also seems to get slightly louder when I turn car to the right and quiets to basically nothing when I turn the car to the left. (This is while the car is moving--there's no noise when the car is stopped.)
The car is wearing nearly new tires and had a recent alignment done by a really excellent shop that didn't mention having any issues trying to align it. Tires seem to be wearing normally. Neither front tire is rubbing on the suspension or wheel well. The steering wheel doesn't seem to pull either way or otherwise wander while in motion. Steering wheel/rest of the car also don't seem to vibrate (well, any more than a normal X on a highway--this ain't exactly a Maybach).
Everything suspension-related is most likely original to the car, so it's all ~40 years old and has about 125,000 miles on it.
With all that in mind, my very non-expert diagnosis is the front right wheel bearing. But I've never been a huge fan of mis-diagnosing car issues and putting in a bunch of work only to find that it was unnecessary. And I guess I think of wheel bearings as an "if it ain't broke..." kind of thing.
Anyone have any thoughts? Should I go ahead and replace the bearing, or is it more likely the ______________ instead? Thanks in advance!!