Just changed my wheel bearings, that makes a loud humming sound.
Also when you jack up the car the wheel should have some play.
you'll see the roter move also.

"motsco_ _" <"motsco_ _"@interbaun.com> wrote in message
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> Seraphim wrote:
> > I have a '90 Honda Accord with about 155,000 miles on it, and recently
> > it started making a disturbing noise. I personally think it's the outer
> > CV joint on the left-front wheel, but I'm not sure, so I figured I
> > would describe my problem and ask for help.
> >
> > There are basically two symptoms.
> > 1) If the car is taken on a long trip it will start to make a very
> > quiet thumping noise at high speed, as the trip goes on the thump will
> > get louder and louder to the point where it can be felt a little in the
> > steering wheel. The noise is dependent on where the gas it. In the
> > initial stages having my foot off the gas, or down a fair way will make
> > it go away. At all stages pushing the clutch in will make the noise go
> > away (Would a bearing do that? I figure the lack of force on the CV
> > joint makes the problem go away).
> > If the car is stopped (for gas or food or something), the noise goes
> > away, but it'll go through the stages again. For short stops it doesn't
> > take that long to get back where it was.
> > Sometimes the noise will just stop at random, and again start to work
> > it's way through the stages.
> > 2) Sometimes when the car is making a very sharp right turn (as sharp
> > as it can) it'll make a few very loud, regularly spaced, noises; these
> > are similar to the noise the car makes under situation 1 when it has
> > been driven for a long time.
> >
> > So my questions are:
> > Is it a CV joint, a Bearing, or something else?
> > How much should it cost to get repaired?
> > How hard would it be to fix myself?
> > Is this a "keep the car off the road" sort of problem? Or a "pay
> > attention incase it gets worse" sort of problem?
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> I was guessing wheel bearing, because of the way it gets better if you
> let it cool down, but i'm not a mechanic. Why not try a google search
> and find a few more hits?
>
> Part 2 of your question makes it sound like CV joint(s)
>
> 'Curly'
>