I replaced my driver's side rear wheel bearing and hub assembly within the last couple days since I was experiencing a lot of road noise coming from that area. Replacing the bearing fixed the noise, but I am noticing a new noise that is small and doesn't get louder with speed. I can only hear it when driving through my neighborhood less than 20 mph and have my window rolled down. Any higher speed and the noise gets covered up by the sound of the engine and the normal sounds of a car when increasing speed. I am not really sure what this could be as the noise doesn't get louder with speed. I originally thought maybe it could be the brake pad and rotor rubbing since I had to remove those when I replaced the hub assembly, but I am not seeing excess brake dust, and I feel like if that were the case, the noise would get louder with speed. Not sure what else this could be. Any ideas?
I replaced my driver's side rear wheel bearing and hub assembly within the last couple days since I was experiencing a lot of road noise coming from that area. Replacing the bearing fixed the noise, but I am noticing a new noise that is small and doesn't get louder with speedThe new noise might have been masked by the wheel bearing' noise. Noises can be hard to find, regardless, you need to find where the new noise is coming from. Have a buddy ride along and see if the extra ears might help find the culprit. Scotty has a video on how to find 'hard to find' noises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy5nqh3LSs4
@hixster Thank you. Any clue what I should maybe check first? The noise is only coming from that rear left wheel area, so that at least helps narrow down where I need to be looking.
@ccsiv0329 I would take off the left rear wheel and inspect everything, paying close attention to suspension parts (because increased RPM doesn't alter the sound).