Undesirable Noise from rear end

[Kent McLean]

"Greville H. Bowles" wrote:
> The noise becomes noticeable at about 10 -20 mph and gets progressively
> louder. At highway speeds it's way beyond annoying. I thought that the
noise
> was somewhat reduced when cornering so I went out tonight to test this on
a
> few local "twisty bits". On hard left cornering the sound all but
> disappears, while it is only slightly reduced when turning right.

Sounds like a dying wheel bearing to me. A bad CV joint would make
a click-click-click sound, rather than a constant
whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
When you turn left, it lightens the load on the left side (more load on the
right), reducing pressure on the left-side bearing, making it less noisy.

Kent
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy"