Galant problem

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I have a Mitsubishi Galant FWD w/42000 miles and when I'm at low speeds I get a whirling sound coming from the front end of the car on at least the driver side. I have replaced the front bearing since it need it. The whirling noise is louder when I turn right then left and audible at lower speeds below 25 mph.

When I replaced the axle bearing it eliminated the high pitch sound. I've had failed axles before but this is a new sound. Could the brakes be dragging and get louder as I turn right???

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Is there any wear visable on the inside or outside sidewall of the tire?
I could be a tie rod or ball joint. A ball joint usually makes a pop,but a tie rod can make the tires hum. If it has no wear then I would see if the rack is leaking and worse case maybe the transmission diff.

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It seems as though the sound is coming from the tires. They are pretty dry rotted and it is very new sound to me. I may have the tires replace today to see if that corrects it.

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Is there any wear visable on the inside or outside sidewall of the tire?.
Perfect wear and good alignment.

I could be a tie rod or ball joint.[/QUOTE]
I had one of these go out on me in my Volvo. I check wheel play with the old move the tire side to side and up and down test. All is good.


A ball joint usually makes a pop,but a tie rod can make the tires hum. If it has no wear then I would see if the rack is leaking and worse case maybe the transmission diff.

No leaks btw.

I've been researching and found cases where Goodyear were giving customers discounts on tires to replace the Eagle LS tires the car came with for weird sound coming from the tires. I had my brother stand outside and he said the sound is comming from both front tires. Very unusual since I've never heard a tire sound like this. Other than dry rot the tires look perfect.

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I had all my tires replaced today and the sound is gone. That was probably the most odd sound I have heard come from a tire.