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Humming Noise when turning left

Jyosua

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New Port Richey, FL
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97' Mountaineer
I noticed very recently that my truck is experiencing a slight humming noise when I turn the wheel to the left. Driving straight or turning the wheel to the right does not produce any noise.

I'm in a bit of a bind right now because I'm out of state on an internship so I don't have access to my tools, so I'll either need to have a friend here fix it, or take it to a shop. As such, I'm trying to narrow down the possibilities ASAP.

A bit of information though: I just had new upper control arms+ball joints and lower ball joints put on. I also had new tires put on, a new ABS pump put in, and an alignment done. This was about 3 weeks ago. After I had that done, I took the car for a 2600 mile trip to California for my internship I'm at right now. Over the weekend I drove up to San Francisco form the LA area, and after being in San Francisco a few days, I noticed the sound.

Thanks in advance.
 






A wheel bearing is probably the cause. Can you pinpoint which side the noise comes from?
A left turn will put more load on the right bearing.
 






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A wheel bearing is probably the cause. Can you pinpoint which side the noise comes from?
A left turn will put more load on the right bearing.

It sounds like it's coming from the front drivers side wheel.

I also noticed the sound when braking to a stop.
 






Turns out it was the wheel bearing, however, it was the one the sound was coming from, which was the front driver's side. Most people suggest that it's usually the opposite side from the way you turn, but that did not seem to be the case here. I'm going to pull apart the other front bearing this weekend and check it out too, to make sure it doesn't need to be replaced as well. At the very least I'll repack that bearing.
 






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