Toyota Repair: noise at highway speed, front wheel bearing, bad wheel bearing
QuestionHello,
I have a '94 corolla with 61K miles that I just bought. It makes a faint noise and vibration at 65 MPH plus. A receipt in the glove compartment indicates that the left front wheel bearing and inner/outer seals were replaced three months ago. I raised the vehicle and could not feel any play in the wheels. I also switched tires with another car and the noise is the same. As I switched the tires, I noticed a singe ball bearing on the floor beneath the left front wheel area. Is this from the wheel bearing? Could a faulty wheel bearing be causing my problems?
Thank you in advance for your help.
AnswerThe wheel bearings are sealed and I don't know how a single ball bearing could have fallen out, not sure what is going on here, the noise and vibration could indeed be caused by a bad wheel bearing but the problem is more likely to be caused by a faulty differential bearing in which case the transmission assembly has to be replaced, have a toyota dealer check it for the noise.