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Ok, on the way from my house to my girlfriends house something happened to my car...here is all that i noticed...the car idles at about 8-900(not sure if normal), there is a grinding sound when i take off from a stop. When i put in put it in Overdrive it doesnt make a sound but when I inch forward and stop it makes the sound for a couple seconds...but then put in park it stops...when driving down road it doesnt make the sound as much...every once in the while...the car pulls to right more than it already did, the pefal feeling is bumpy, vibratesd some...before this happened since last year when i geot on the brakes the steering wheel would shake, so i think and hoping its just a wheel bearing that finally just gave out...i dont know...any ideas???

 
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If it was a wheel bearing it would more than likely make that grinding sound at all times when the car's moving. It's kinda hard to know what it could be from the description. Does the grinding speed up or slow down, or does it change sounds, as in higher pitched as you go faster? Those grinding sounds are harder to trouble shoot when they're not steady.

So Tom, you mentioned before that you got pulled over for your right turn signal being out.....what was the problem with it?

 
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i beleive i stated in the other thread to but the bulb was put in backwards...thanks to my dumbass mistake...but oh...i will add this is description...when foot on pedal you feel(staying at a steady 55 mph or whatever steady...) you feel a bump constant or should i say vibration...

 
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i think it sounds like it could be a problem with the brake caliper or pad on the side that its pulling to the grinding sound might be it grindig against the pad or something and when your going faster it is making the sound more often so it doesnt stand out as much but when your going slower it stands out just because it is going slower lol not a gread explination but its something and if it is just brakes it should be an easy fix

 
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yeah thats what my father thinks it was...he drove it and didnt hear much, so when i go to work tommorow im going to put it in the air and check it out and change my tires...

 
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sounds like brakes to me also

 
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a wheel bearing doesnt grind. it whines. the sound is most likely brakes. just take the wheels off and check, brakes are the easiest thing to diasnose.

 
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yeah after thinking about it more...i remembered when i was telling dad this morning, after he drove it this all started when i hit the front air dam under the car on the entrance of our driveway which is stone so i must of thrown a stone up into the brakes...but i will be checking it tommorow at work...well after work...damn i hate working on other peoples cars...i just like working on mine but hey it pays money...

 
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don't be so sure, the wheel bearing on the gp was grinding like brakes (even with teh caliper off the car and spinning by hand you could hear the grinding)

 
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well when i hit the driveway it throw a rock in between the crossmember and the y pipe which was rattling back and forth...