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Started by awol, September 16, 2009, 08:00:46 PM

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awol

September 16, 2009, 08:00:46 PM
i've got an SUV that has started making this whining noise at speed... sounds a bit like a wheel bearing going, but it only makes the noise under power.. when coasting downhill at the same speed the noise stops.  any idea?

thank you!
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me

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September 16, 2009, 08:12:40 PM
Transmission maybe? 
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LOsborne

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September 16, 2009, 08:32:43 PM
Quote from: awol on September 16, 2009, 08:00:46 PM
i've got an SUV that has started making this whining noise at speed... sounds a bit like a wheel bearing going, but it only makes the noise under power.. when coasting downhill at the same speed the noise stops.  any idea?

thank you!

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pariann

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September 16, 2009, 09:49:04 PM
Quote from: awol on September 16, 2009, 08:00:46 PM
i've got an SUV that has started making this whining noise at speed... sounds a bit like a wheel bearing going, but it only makes the noise under power.. when coasting downhill at the same speed the noise stops.  any idea?

thank you!
Go over to Anderson Brent in the members area and ask the same question. He's a whiz at car trouble.
Looks like I've come full circle.

Mr442

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September 17, 2009, 09:37:58 AM
Could be a U-joint going bad.  Any vibrations coming at you?
Mr442

pariann

#5
September 17, 2009, 09:46:48 AM
By the way, 442, I didn't mean that you weren't. :biggrin:  Have you ever seen that mechanics thread that andersonbrent does elsewhere?
Looks like I've come full circle.

Palehorse

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September 17, 2009, 10:27:12 AM
Quote from: Mr442 on September 17, 2009, 09:37:58 AM
Could be a U-joint going bad. . .

That was my first thought as well. . .
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awol

#7
September 17, 2009, 07:37:26 PM
Quote from: Mr442 on September 17, 2009, 09:37:58 AM
Could be a U-joint going bad.  Any vibrations coming at you?

no vibrations... it feels like new, rolls straight for a mile with my hands off the wheel, just whines.  can bad brakes do that?  i got no brake "shudder" or anything, but... just a thought...
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awol

#8
September 17, 2009, 07:38:06 PM
guess i really don't want it to be anything complicated (expensive)
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awol

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September 17, 2009, 07:40:30 PM
oh!  i probably haven't got to tell you guys!  i got my car...

charger r/t!

and yep, that things got a hemi!
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Palehorse

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September 17, 2009, 07:43:59 PM
Quote from: awol on September 17, 2009, 07:37:26 PM
no vibrations... it feels like new, rolls straight for a mile with my hands off the wheel, just whines.  can bad brakes do that?  i got no brake "shudder" or anything, but... just a thought...

How long since the wheel bearings were last re-packed?
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Palehorse

#11
September 17, 2009, 07:44:54 PM
Quote from: awol on September 17, 2009, 07:40:30 PM
oh!  i probably haven't got to tell you guys!  i got my car...

charger r/t!

and yep, that things got a hemi!

Congrats on owning one bad (in the good way) looking ride!  8)
Take apicture for us will yah?  :biggrin:
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To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

me

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September 17, 2009, 07:46:13 PM
Quote from: awol on September 17, 2009, 07:38:06 PM
guess i really don't want it to be anything complicated (expensive)
I hope for your sake it won't be anything complicated or expensive too.  The reason I mentioned tranny is because of the fact it don't whine free wheeling but I sincerely hope I'm wrong since rear end is the other possibility. U joints would be the cheaper of the alternatives.  Hope it ends up to be just one of those pesky little noises that a car can make that really don't mean anything though.
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me

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September 17, 2009, 07:47:46 PM
Quote from: awol on September 17, 2009, 07:40:30 PM
oh!  i probably haven't got to tell you guys!  i got my car...

charger r/t!

and yep, that things got a hemi!
Where's the green with envy smiley?  congrats!!!  :smile:
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awol

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September 17, 2009, 08:38:06 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on September 17, 2009, 07:43:59 PM
How long since the wheel bearings were last re-packed?

never... it's got less than 50k on it...
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