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is there a way to tell if a wheel bearing is bad, other than listening to it?

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Old 03-27-2007, 12:32 PM
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is there a way to tell if a wheel bearing is bad, other than listening to it?
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Old 03-27-2007, 12:37 PM
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Jack the car up and try and wiggle the wheel side to side and up and down, it should have play.
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^^ Apended: If it has play, you probably have a bad wheel bearing.
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unless its a bad control arm/ball joint
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Yup, thats what I meant.
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True. I actually had this problem.
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ok thanks for the info i'll give it a try, hoping its just my tires being noisy
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