Raise the front of the car up so the tires are off the ground grab a tire with both hands one on each side and try to wiggle the tire side to side,then one hand on top the other at the bottom wiggle up and down you should not have more than 1/16 " of play. Then spin the tire listen for noise.
The wheel hub brg assy you will hear when going from
around 25 thru 45 mph
Then you remove the brake rotor & feel for wear in the bearing
Not so easy with drive axles in there
If you do one side-- do both (replace)
The CV Joints are checked on a lift or off the ground
by hand, for ripped boots & play in the joints
Next you go into a parking lot or driveway where you can
go forward to check inner joints for a noise, with the wheels
turned all the way & backwards for the outer joints making
noise,wheels turned fully, both directions
SOURCE: how to replace front wheel
I can tell you on a 93 Altima that you have remove the entire wheel knuckle and press it out from the rear. Yeah, the knuckle, remove the strut tower bolts, drive train ( which can be lighty pressed out ), caliper and bracket, and remove the ball joint. There's a snap ring at the back of the wheel knuckle that holds the bearing, then press it out with a socket and a table vice or something to that effect. By the way the going commercial rate if you take it to a shop and have them do it starts at $150 for labor. Worth it, oh yeah.
SOURCE: severe bearing noise from front wheel bearing/cv
you have to replace bearing and hub as a unit.you have to remove remove brakes and caliper rotor set them aside dont disconnect brake line. get a piece of clothes rack wire to hold brake caliper .do not let it hang by brake hose. you got to remove hub nut. best way to do that is loosen it a litttle while tire still on weight of car keep wheel from turning .
SOURCE: 97 jeep. Removing front wheel bearing
Most times you can squirt some wd40 on the ends of the axle spline, then put the axle nut on backwards so the castellated side is towards the bearing hub and run it onto the threads till the axle and nut are flush. (So you don't damage the threads or mushroom the end of the axle.) Once you have done that you can give it a really hard shot with a decent sledge hammer (two lb or heavier) striking it as squarely as possible. I have never had one refuse to come apart when I do this!!!
SOURCE: whining/grinding noise at deceleration
If the noise is on decceleration mostly like it is the pinion bearing in the diffrential. Could possibly be spider gears as well.
SOURCE: I have a Ford Escape
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Randy that won't work on sealed axle hub bearing assy's I have tried a stethoscope with no luck & you can't feel a few thousands normal play
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