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Old 05-06-2017, 06:55 AM   #6
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What in the world could it be? Wheel bearings?
This doesn't sound like a wheel bearing to me. Failing wheel bearings will often sound like a constant "rumbling" noise during either a right or left turn (depending on which side wheel bearing is failing).

Even if both left and right wheel bearings started to fail at the exact same time (which would be pretty rare), you would hear the rumbling move from one side to the other as the car was driven in a slalom of repeated right and left turns.

A thump sound implies that something is moving and then hitting something else which stops the movement and its moving back and forth as the car slaloms. Often suspension and steering problems are only apparent under loads, so it can be hard to find the exact problem with the suspension and steering unloaded when its up on a lift.
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