On my way home from my parents house, my 2000 Toyota Corolla VE (3-speed A/T) jerked a couple times on the highway and started to make a noise when decelerating and taking my foot off the gas. I pulled over, and checked under the hood and everything seemed to be alright and the engine sounded fine when idling (it was dark so was not able to do a thorough inspection). I revved the engine while in Park and everything sounded fine. I limped my way home and noticed the transmission seemed to be shifting gears fine as well. I took a video of the noise which can be seen/heard at the below link starting at 2 seconds. Has anyone experienced this, or have any ideas on what it may be?
Sounds kinda like a bearing to me. Hard to tell with youtube video. Does it happen only a specific speeds? Can you hear it under acceleration ever? If yes to anything i asked jack up each tire and grab 6&12 push/pull hard youll know if your bearing is gone. Oh jackstands for safety btw.
Gazoo, thanks for the response. It seems to happen at all speeds from what I can tell, but gets noticeably worse when speed increases. After watching other various YouTube videos of bad wheel bearings, it does seem this may be a valid option. If it is the wheel bearing and it has gone this bad already, can the car still be driven? I have about a 10-mile commute to work today, and will be heading home (~70 miles away) after work to repair. Should I get it towed home with AAA, or should it be good to "limp" it back home.
Edit: The noise seems to happen at and above 20 MPH. The best way to describe it is it sounds like a jake brake/exhaust brake when getting off the gas pedal.
For starters there is a little thanks button no need to type it that said im only guessing as your video is after all a cell phone mic. The symptoms match a bad bearing and if it truly fails any speed can be a dangerous failure so yes get it fixed asap. That said it could fail in 5 min or a year it really is a guess.
A bearing replacement is a simple job for any shop with a press and the part you need is like $40. So figgure 2hrs labour + $40 should be your bill if you want to fix it today before your drive. Also any good mechanic should be able to confirm its the bearing in a minute which is important as other issues may be present as well that could be way more dangerous. I say limp home let your mechanic you trust make the call.
Cannot say anything from video
From personal experience on 87 Camry FWD car
Bad bearing noise caused by nick or dent on the race NOT by excessive play :
is only car speed related present in 2nd/ D /and neutral
is same on BOTH acceleration deceleration cannot be diagnosed by turning sharp left or right.
Can be present with wheel spinning in the air (without car weight!!)
To test for front bearing (follow instruction carefully!!):
Put left front corner on the jack stand
wheels straight ahead parking brake set
Put gear selector in N
start the engine
hold the brakes and shift to D
GENTLY accelerate to 10-15 mph and listen for noise; if present the left front bearing is bad
shift to N
Gently!!! brake
repeat for right side (do it too to rule out differential guts)
if noise is not present on both tests the front bearings are good
lift the rear end, take the drums out, put the wheels back and hand-spin rear wheels
bad bearing will make knocking noise
Caution do not apply brake before installing drums
My dad and I worked on my Corolla this AM. Unfortunately, the noise was not coming from the wheel bearing, but rather the differential. We dropped the transmission and saw that the pinion had been chewed up along with the pinion bearing. Seems to be due to the differential running out of oil. Did not realize there were 2 separate oil cases until today which was too late.
Anyone have any experience with the Moveras remanufactured transmissions?
I have had dry differential on my Camry as well. The pinion bearings lose their pre-load; this setting is quite difficult to adjust even in the shop.
It is common practice to get used transmission core with bad clutches but good hard parts (and differential) and replace clutches. This worked on 87 Tercel for 40,000 miles (then engine threw the rod)
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