Consistent Humming Noise From Front Right Area
 

I have a '14 AT FR-S that got into a small accident 3 months ago. The parts replaced in the front right were: fender, bumper, radiator support, tire, wheel, strut.

After taking the car back I've been noticing a slight rhythmic humming/grinding noise most evident around 55-60MPH. The sound is exacerbated when the car is turning slightly to the right. I had buddy club racing spec coilovers installed later and the humming issue is now evident even driving straight and again most evident around 55-60.

On a side note, I feel that the brakes after the accident don't have as much stopping power as before, but that could also just be me paranoid.

Video of the noise (video quality is probably terrible on dropbox unless downloaded): https://www.dropbox.com/s/fxka6t9pdc...noise.mp4?dl=0

Picture of the damage: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ia4vbr84yz...%20PM.jpg?dl=0

Maybe your wheel bearing. Can't hear it very well

Yep, that would be my best guess.

@zussypoo, did they replace the wheel bearing .... ??

If so, it could be a rear wheel bearing ...... if you slammed the rear wheel against something during the accident .... ??


humfrz

The rear was completely intact during the accident. They did not replace any wheel bearing though. The shop did jack up the car and pulled at the front passenger wheel+tire, and there was no rocking feedback.

Well, back in the day, wiggling and spinning a wheel would have detected a bad wheel bearing/race.

Today, that doesn't seem to work too good ...... hell, I don't know why ..... maybe back in the day, we would just let the bearings chew up the race till you couldn't hardly turn the wheel .....before we replaced them ....... :bonk:

I would suggest that you have the whole right front wheel hub replaced ...... it's most likely stressed out anyway.........:popcorn:


humfrz