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Sounds to me like it's a wheel bearing going bad and it should be fixed sooner rather than later...
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I have exactly the same noise / situation with my 2002. I really thought it was the tires however I switched them out and the noise remains.
After poking around discussion boards I am going to give the left side bearing a test that "Chris Fix" has for wheel bearing on YouTube and if it looks bad I will use the shop manual trouble shooting procedure as well. (did the right side 2X and car has 288,000 miles. Will keep this thread going after the test. |
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Whatever it is. please update the thread afterwards. Thanks. Tom |
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Yes, I spent a good deal of time determining that it was in fact the "driver side" bearing that was bad. I got both wheels off the ground and shook at both 9 & 3and 12 & 6 . Thing is there was very little "slop" in the bearing ....... but it was there. I even backed off the brake pads and rotated the rotors and listened ......... and yes that's where it's VERY obvious it was the driver side bearing.
Even put a sounding rod to the caliper and rotated as well. That original bearing went 288,000 miles. The left side got replaced twice. The first China one lasted but a few years, so I got a Timken one ..... that so far is still OK. My 02 PT takes Timken part no. 510057 $38 from www.autopartskart.com I understand that after August 11, 2001 they switched to a 39MM bearing. Hope this helps |
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What brand bearings did you decide to use?
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I don't know the brand. My mechanic mostly does fleet servicing, and he's been in business at the same location for the last 30 years, so I am confident he has good suppliers of quality parts.
He did tell me the existing bearings appeared to be the original 2004 OEM ones, it didn't look to him like they had ever been changed before... |
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Just replaced my mount with the Timken and did a road rest, PERFECT
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