Maybe I Need An Alignment?

03-20-2005, 02:01 AM

i mentioned this in the intro section but i figure i should stick it in here... becasue i'm bored and dont want to goto bed yet. . .

i just drove about 375 miles from illinois and the only time it was really e joyable was when i was turning to the right... see, for some reason th rigth front makes a loud hum sound at/above 45 or so. it's not just a hum, its a vibration i can feel in the wheel and in the pedals. the car apperently got new tires put on it 5k miles ago and im not sure if it was aligned at the time. i'm a little concerned about premature tire wear, but more concerned that ive got to ahve the stereo almost half way up to drown out the damn noise.

if you need more specific info, i'll be glad to give it: just tell me what you need

does anyone have any ideas what i might need to do to get this to quit? the dealer we bougth the car from will reimburse is for whatever we get done (provided it's actually to help solve the problem) so please feel free to offer your opinions and suggestions and argue amongst yourselves until a final solution is reached...

actually i'd ust like somehting to tell the guy at the local chevy dealership... so far all i can really say is what's said in my second paragraph there. . .

thanks

brsexton · 03-20-2005, 07:33 AM

Yep, I am almost 100% sure you have a bad wheel bearing. I had the same problem last month. Mine started the same noise on a 700 mile round trip. Brought it back home and they replaced the left wheel bearing.

03-20-2005, 11:22 AM

roger that. . . thanks alot.
is there any way my local chevy delership and test the bearing just to be sure?

brsexton · 03-20-2005, 01:49 PM

I'm sure they can. They will just put that wheel off the ground and run the car in Drive. If it makes the noise that means the bearing is shot.

alero_ecotec · 03-22-2005, 02:04 PM

I have the same problem from what I can tell. Car goes in tomorrow morning to get fixed, luckily its all still under waranty.

03-22-2005, 11:11 PM

let me know what they fix/replace

the more i listen to it the less i think its a wheel bearing. . .
my dad seems to think one wheels is way out of whack as far as camber is concerned... i dunno...

bassboss · 03-23-2005, 09:24 AM

a buddy of mine had the same sounds and vibrations in his cavilier and when he took it in it was a bearing that was gone. so yeah when you get it checked post uo what to prob. was and let us know

alero_ecotec · 03-23-2005, 11:25 AM

well, she's in the shop right now....and has been for 2 and 1/2 hours....so im interested to see what they're going to tell me...i'll let you know

alero_ecotec · 03-23-2005, 03:59 PM

Well, just got back from getting my car. It was the left front wheel bearing as i had thought. And i know from talking on here that i'm not the only one who's had this problem with the car.

brsexton · 03-23-2005, 04:07 PM

How many miles do you have? Thats funny because I had my left one replaced on my 2003 Alero at 34k.

alero_ecotec · 03-23-2005, 04:20 PM

haha, well, ironically i have 34K on my car

brsexton · 03-23-2005, 04:35 PM

I guess our cars were made on the same day.......

alero_ecotec · 03-23-2005, 04:53 PM

i half wonder if it's just our year or what...b/c im sure i've talked to 2 other people both with 2003's who had the same problem

brsexton · 03-23-2005, 05:02 PM

Well I am on grandamgt.com and gaownersclub.com alot and see a bunch of people that have the same issue with their 99+ cars. Most of them have more miles on their cars then we do. Thats what the strange part is.

03-25-2005, 01:29 AM

mine's just over 65k right now, but i got it at about 64.5k... it may have been bad for a while before i got the car. . .my dad still thinks it's camber. . .

hey, ecotec, what's the damage(price) on a repair such as the one im assuming ill need done?

alero_ecotec · 03-26-2005, 01:42 AM

well, to tell you the truth im not sure because mine was covered under waranty, but someone else may have an idea

03-26-2005, 11:25 PM

roger...
thanks
aye, just to reconfirm... you had a loud hum upwards of 30mph or so and when you turned one way it got louder and the other way it got quieter? if not, can you explain how your symptoms were dfiferent?

03-27-2005, 07:33 PM

i could be your wheel bearing...... i happened to me it felt and sounded like i was riding on a flat tire.... its about 250 to fix

sound_xtreme · 03-27-2005, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Deuce_Nukem@Mar 25 2005, 01:29 AM
mine's just over 65k right now, but i got it at about 64.5k... it may have been bad for a while before i got the car. . .my dad still thinks it's camber. . .

hey, ecotec, what's the damage(price) on a repair such as the one im assuming ill need done?

Quoted post

camber??? wtf is he on?

03-28-2005, 01:00 AM

he thinks that a tire trying to turn itself will whine like that. . . he keeps telling me to be really vague and sound like an idiot getting ti fixed tomorrow. . . so i get to get up in 7 hours to get my sister's friend adn then head to the chevy dealership in town...

wish me luck... hah (glad i dont have to pay for whatever's up with it... just bought it, so repairs are all reimbursed...)