wa2be
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- Location
- Castle Rock, CO
- Vehicle Year
- 2006
- Make / Model
- Honda Ridgeline
- Transmission
- Automatic
About a year ago a loud whistling/high pitched noise started up in my front end, coming from both sides. I took it in to the mechanic and they told me my wheel bearings were bad. I had them put on new hub/bearing assemblies and the noise went away, until this winter. Now it's back again, and I'm wondering if it ever was the wheel bearings to start with. These new bearings are only a year old, and I barely drive the truck as it's not my daily commuter. Basically just use it when the snow gets deep or I need to haul something.
Any ideas on what could be causing this noise? It literally sounds like somebody whistling, and the pitch of the noise gets lower as I slow down. Hitting the brakes seems to have no effect on it (and my brakes pads are in good shape). I don't hear the noise above about 20 mph, but it could just be getting drowned out by the sound of the engine. I replaced the vacuum hubs this winter with the AVM manual hubs, but it was making this sound before the hub replacement.
Any ideas on what could be causing this noise? It literally sounds like somebody whistling, and the pitch of the noise gets lower as I slow down. Hitting the brakes seems to have no effect on it (and my brakes pads are in good shape). I don't hear the noise above about 20 mph, but it could just be getting drowned out by the sound of the engine. I replaced the vacuum hubs this winter with the AVM manual hubs, but it was making this sound before the hub replacement.