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04-21-2003, 08:23 PM
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On my new '66 Bonneville I noticed when I drove it home that the front wheels are making this noise. You know what a big truck with mud tires driving on asphalt sounds like, that wierd droning sound? Well thats what my car sounds like. At first I thought the front tires were underinflated. I put my cragars and tires off my other car that didn't make that sound and its still making the sound. Sound is in conjuntion with the rotation of the tires. Im thinking the front bearings need to be regreased or replaced. Any other ideas??
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04-21-2003, 08:23 PM
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On my new '66 Bonneville I noticed when I drove it home that the front wheels are making this noise. You know what a big truck with mud tires driving on asphalt sounds like, that wierd droning sound? Well thats what my car sounds like. At first I thought the front tires were underinflated. I put my cragars and tires off my other car that didn't make that sound and its still making the sound. Sound is in conjuntion with the rotation of the tires. Im thinking the front bearings need to be regreased or replaced. Any other ideas??
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04-21-2003, 08:49 PM
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Hey Joe! Try painting the wheels "Red Baron Red" by Dupont! Maybe that will help........
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04-21-2003, 09:36 PM
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Bearings would be my guess.
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04-22-2003, 07:55 AM
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it sounds like bad wheel bearings. does the noise change when you turn a corner?
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04-22-2003, 09:38 AM
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I just went out and checked the bearings and put new brakes up front. The bearings were fine and it still makes the noise. What I did notice was, someone took the sheild off the flywheel and never put it back on. I wonder if its the sound of the flywheel spinning in the wind. Im gonna put one off my other cars and see if the sound goes away.
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#7
04-22-2003, 09:03 PM
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My wife's '69 sounded the same way you described when the radiator fan clutch locked up and was spitting pieces of bearing material everywhere.
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