OK, so do to some past stupid decisions ive decided to buy another car, im hoping for another camaro, but none are popping up in my area and im trying to wait it out, driving my current car as long as possible while nursing quite a few problems in order to save some money on all my nice parts hoping to transfer them to a new car. Problem is it seems every day something new pops up in my car, and i drive about 40 miles a day.

I have noticed two weird things and im not sure what they mean, i can drive with the slight oil leak, and the worn suspension bushings but i dont want anything catastrophic to happen on the way to work.

I get a whine, only when my foot is on the gas similar to a rear end whine but i have brand new fluid, and additive in my 4th gen rear and its not all the time, its only when i am accelerating with my foot on the gas.

The second issue is the one im worried about, i think it might be a wheel bearing. I get a weird vibration that seems to come from my front driver tire. Never had any experience with wheel bearings going bad before and im not sure how long you could drive on something like that at highway speeds. The "vibration" gets more prominent when i have my foot on the gas pedal, I can feel the vibration, or so it seems. Im not sure if thats just me being paranoid trying to figure out where its coming from or what. The past few days i have noticed a slight, low hum noise coming from the area. This hum rises and falls in pitch as the tire rotates, and its not very loud but it just started. I recently put on new struts and checked everything, i thought it could be a balljoint or something just cause mine were not in the best shape, but searching points to a wheel bearing.

Sorry for the long post, my car has just been falling apart the past few weeks and that doesnt put you in the best mood. I wont fix the problem i just need an estimate of how long it is to safely drive with something like that.

 

could be a wheel bearing... i would replace it just to be safe. i mean its a cheap part and i could swap one out in about 45min. it might just be something stupid like you didnt tighten the spindle nut enough or "too little" when u did the struts.

is the hum/vibration all the time? or just when on the gas? if it is all the time then i would think wheel bearing but if not then not sure what it could be.

as far as the rear is concerned... not a guru on rears but whine usually happens to gears (new) like cheapers or racing gears that are set up specifically. a hum/whine is not a bad thing since it cant be avoided sometimes but if it progresses u need to check it. if it just started happening it could be something along the lines that your tolerences are off. gears are wearing increasing blacklash etc. u might need to have it torn apart and checked to be sure if u plan on keeping it. the additive doesnt do anything but make the fluid more slippery for the clutches to stop "clutch popping" and wont take care of any whines etc.

to be safe give the car a once over. check the balljoint etc and check the spindle nut. i would throw the lil $ at new bearings and call it a day to be sure.