My 2005 6speed had a front wheel bearing noise. I narrowed the bearing to the passenger's side. I pulled the spindle out and took it to a local parts shop. They pressed in a new bearing and I opted for a new hub as well. I picked the spindle assembly up about an hour later. It had the new hub and bearing in it. I spun it by hand and it felt very smooth.

I reinstalled the spindle and torqued everything to spec. Now I'm driving the car and it still has a bearing noise which sounds like an airplane. It's that distinctive bearing hum that's very loud around 20MPH. It's definitely different then it was before. Before when I made a left hand turn at speed and loaded the passenger's side bearing that's when it was the loudest.

Could they have pressed the bearing in incorrectly or could it be my driver's side bearing now?

I should note that when I load the bearings by swerving left or right now the hum does not change like it did before.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

When I had my bearing and hub replaced they had to do it again because they did not line the bearing up correctly in the hub. It had a horrible grinding noise and you could see the wheel had a wobble to it as it drove down the street. They had to get another new bearing because it was scored from not being aligned correctly and I haven't had an issue with it since.