In a message dated 5/18/01 10:41:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, BenTbtstr8 writes: << Turned out to be a bad wheel bearing. The wobbly bearing was the culprit which caused the tire to overheat and blow-up. The bearing would only howl at certain speeds. >> The weirdest thing about this, which I failed to mention in my original post, is that it makes no noise, other than the thump thump of the car bouncing. I thought about jacking the car up, taking the wheel off, and driving it suspended. I'm kind of afraid to do that though, because it doesn't happen until I am at 40-50 MPH. I don't want to go that fast in mid air. Do you think it's worth a shot though? --Paul-- |
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