hey i hear a noise but i cant tell where its comin from.
it only does it when i drive and its like a constant sound and its starting to get louder after driving it like that after a few weeks.. could it be bearings? i just bought 80 bucks worth of bearings and gonna take it to my dads shop to find out if it really is this friday.. maybe U guys have some ideas?
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The car is out of balance. Add one my antenna to the roof.

 

might be a bearing. might be easier to guess if you'd provide more info. if it's rpm dependent i'd suspect exhaust leak, maybe an injector.

 

i gotta let off the gas cuz the exhuast is loud, but when i do i can still hear that sound.. thats kinda givin me an indication it mite be comin from the wheels somewhere.. but which wheel?
please help me
anyone have any ideas at all?

 

start pulling the bearings or axle and take a look at the bearings

 

Are you sure it's not the bearings in the water pump, alternator, or power steering pump? I just replaced my m-f'ing water pump for the FOURTH time... the thing was leaking like crazy. When I popped the pulley off, I could actually wobble the shaft around- and now there's no more grinding noise when I drive.

 

water pump is new and so is alternator
steering pump i dunno it seems to operate fine.

 

But I mean, have you opened the hood and checked to see where the sound was coming from? I had two water pumps die on me in the same month, so just b/c they're new, doesn't mean you can trust them. <i>I <b>hate</b> changing that water pump...</i>

 

Maybe a description of the sound would give a little more clue as to what we're talking about.

 

well i checked my water pump ,, its definitely not that, like i hear it more on the right passenger side,.
if the car sways to the right ,
i mean if i the car sways and the weight shift to the passenger side, then i hear it a bit more then usual.. i know it sounds strange...

 

does the car actually pull to the right, even a little? drive for a little bit and come to a stop (or coast to a stop for better results) and feel the center of your rim. If the right one is really hot or at least considerably hotter than the left then i would say it's your wheel bearings.

i've seen bearings go bad and the rim actually gets too hot to even touch.

 

I wonder if it could be an upper strut mount too... but usually you'd just hear noise when you'd turn the wheel. I like ede's answer best... pull the bearings out and look at 'em, and re-pack them with new grease while you're in there. Did you ever re-pack them? I do that on every front brake job... and I use synthetic grease on them. I used to use regular grease, but switched over.