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When moving at low speeds, turning and slowing to stop, I hear a rumbling
bumping noise.
I thought it could be joints in the front wheels. I put it on a hoist but
didn't notice any play or unlikely vibration.
Any ideas?


2000 Civic sedan

EP wrote:
> When moving at low speeds, turning and slowing to stop, I hear a rumbling
> bumping noise.
> I thought it could be joints in the front wheels. I put it on a hoist but
> didn't notice any play or unlikely vibration.
> Any ideas?
>
>
> 2000 Civic sedan
>
>
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EP,

'Rumbling' is one of the most frequent descriptions of the sound a wheel
bearing makes. They're a bit hard to diagnose, except that if you veer
slightly to the right, the left side will rumble louder, and vice-versa,
because the car's load shifts. Apparently the modern sealed ones can be
noisy for YEARS too, and not change much. I'm no expert.

Maybe you should do a group or Google search for 'wheel bearing noise'
and see what you find?

'curly'