At first i thought that this might be coming from the front of my car due to the fact that it was rather quiet and you had to really listen for it (potentially bearings gone bad- but i don't have the typical symptoms of bad front bearings (or at least from what i know).

After putting the car up and poking around the front, my pads and rotors were fine, CV boots in tact and no visible issues. I also checked my spacers to see if they had warped (which they had not)- so i just kinda put the issue out of my mind and hoped it would go away when i raised the car back up in the fall.

After things continued to get worse, i noticed that the noise was coming from the rear instead of the front. I took the tires off and checked to see if they were worn wrong- loose bolts, warped spacers, bad pads and rotors- but didn't find any visual signs to point me in the right direction.

2 days ago i raised my car back up and have experienced a severe increase in noise levels and consistency ( I almost didn't want to drive back from work today because it sounded so horrible)

My thought on the matter is that the rear bearings have gone bad and are just making serious noise- or that something is really wrong with my car and it is going to blow up

I was planning on driving back home tomorrow for thanksgiving break- but don't want to roll 200 miles if my car could become/already is undrivable or incur massive damage.

(I don't know what could go wrong if you continued to drive on bad bearings)

Symptoms:

when the car is "cold" after sitting in the lot over night, it is relatively quiet when i first start to drive, just minor "thwapping"

These noises speed up and slow down consistent with wheel speed

After driving for a little bit, the noise gets rather loud and seems to be coming from both sides in the rear (almost like something is rubbing the bejesus out of metal on metal and rubber on metal- sometimes it sounds like both)

When i corner- the ticking and thwapping seem to stop

While driving in reverse- there is no noise coming from the rear period.

If anybody has any insight into this and can give me somewhat of an explanation or confirm that it is wheel bearings that are shot- it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for all the help

-T

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sorry for grammar or run-ons at work and figure id throw some at you...hopefully it helps

let me see if i can get a sound clip real quick.

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Seems like a tire or wheel issue is most likely here. Do you know anyone around you that would let you swap wheels so you can narrow down the problem?

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I put 2 and 2 together and drove to my buddies house, picked up my spare steelie, put air in it and threw it on. BAM! no more noises

I got all but 2 of the outer bolts off (they stripped hard core) so i am going to finish getting them off tomorrow, order some new bolts and see if my rim isn't too damaged.

Thanks again for the good advice, i was ready to go to town on every other rear component.

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