It can't be...can it?

[Mrk_Mickey]

As far as I can tell, I've acquired a rather loud and annoying constant whirring sound coming from my rear left wheel. The pitch gets higher as my speed increases and I THINK that it goes away when I turn left with force. I ruled out the possibility of it being a bearing problem, simply because the rears were done only a small while ago; however now I'm not so sure.

Anyone care to shed any light? Would my bearing be a dud? (Bearing is OEM purchased from GAP)

[WABIT]

someones wheel bearing has crapped itself........

dom

[KI11Z]

perhaps you didnt tighten it enough or tightened it too much and it's flogged out

[Mrk_Mickey]

Would loosening it make it any better? AFAIK it was tightened properly lol...

[Jarred]

or maybe the bearing was installed incorrectly? wasn't packed well maybe...

def sounds like a wheel bearing issue to me.

[The_Hawk]

Sometimes these things just fail for no other reason than that it is tuesday. I'd be leaning towards bearing

[Mrk_Mickey]

Hmm maybe I can pin it on the guy that pressed the races for me. Ray and I went back a second time to ask him to seat the races properly cause we could both see gaps, and he came back with some rant about hitting metal when it's solid "it makes a THUNK sound, very strong, no more gap".

[mk3 gti]

i dno if cars are the sme but on a truck u have to pre load the berrings and alot of qualifide ppl dnd do it rite

[balkanac]

i dno if cars are the sme but on a truck u have to pre load the berrings and alot of qualifide ppl dnd do it rite

Can you please translate that to english?

[gldgti]

would be a bearing...happens all the time.

actually, changing the races can be done by yourself with a hammer and a nice drift that is a bit soft - brass is great.