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Good day all! New to the forum here, on my second Civic. First was a 97 coupe, now with a '07 sedan. So far, great cars to work on! Anyway, I've got a lovely pulsing sound coming from the driver's side front wheel area. Not clickity-clack like CV joint and not exactly metal scraping like rotor. It does increase with speed and when cornering it's quite noticeably louder. Sorry but, it's basically a low pitched, "wuh wuh wuh." Here's the thing: I can rule out bad tires and brakes because I jacked up the car, pulled the wheel and caliper, set the parking brake and put her into drive and the noise was still there. Also, I noticed that just leaving it in drive and not stepping on the gas at all, the axle was turning but it kept, "getting stuck" like it was hitting resistance. I don't THINK it's the CV axle and I'm leaning heavily to wheel bearing but not 100% sure. With the bearing requiring the press and hub remover I don't want to commit to investing in the extra tools if it's likely something else.

Any suggestions on what the likely culprit is here?

Thanks!

 
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Wheel bearing, you could take the knuckle to a shop and get them to press in the new bearing

 
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And press the old one out? That could work. Rockauto has them for like $15-$20 and I'd rather throw cash at a shop than buy all the stuff for one repair.

And one more vote for wheel bearing. Thanks!

 
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Yep they'll press out the old and press in the new. Shouldn't cost much at all

 
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or get a harbor freight press, should get paid in a couple things you press out and in (ball joints, control arm bushings, etc)