wheel bearing

[ttek]

I have a roaring in the front end of my p5..from reading the forums it leads me to believe its a wheel bearing..
but how do i know which side?
when i turn (or veer) to the right at any speed over 35km/h, the sound goes away until i straighten out.
Thanks

 

[fitftw]

raise both wheels in the air, grab the top and bottom of the tyre and push/pull to see if there's any play. There shouldn't be.

 

[hoanmy]

I agree with fitftw. when you have the wheel lifted you can also just manually rotate them. I bad bearing will produce some grinding and vibration when you slowly rotate the tires.

 

[RABID_MP5]

when my front went out I'd have sworn it sounded like the driver side from inside. No play on either and couldn't feel it in manual rotation. I had to put it on stands and run it in gear. You could hear a whirring. It was the passenger side.

 

[ttek]

thanks guys...replaced it this weekend.
it was the passenger side...nice and quiet now

 

[Tom03es]

Which makes sense that it was the right side since the noise went away when you turned right (unloaded a bunch of weight from the right bearing).

When my right front bearing went out, I didn't have any play in the wheel either. But once I had the bearing out, it sounded like it was full of gravel when I spun it.