I have a new (to me) engine, rad, oil lines,spark plugs, fuel filter, got rid of the dex cool, omited the cat for now, new ball joints, door hinges, cleaned the Maf sensor that helped big time, and now its sqealing up front and getting worse by the minute so I jacked it checked the drive shaft seems fine rolled the wheels cause thats where it sounds like its coming from, can't hear nothing when it's in the air. This is the problem, so when I'm turning left she screams pretty loud and when I'm going straight down the street it chirps a bit here and there when I'm turning right there is nothing, am I safe to assume I should bring home some wheel bearings for the passenger side to replace tommorrow? Or could it be something else, please help, I'm new ?

 

Might be as simple as your front brake pads. They have a squealer on them that makes them make noise when they're getting worn down. Check that out first. It's a lot simpler than even doing a wheel bearing.

 

I had kind of the same problem. My tires were wearing unevenly(ball joins I assume). But when I turned left at any speed there was a really bad whinding noise. When I turned to the right, nothing. jack it up in the air, take the tires off. Now put a lug nut on the rotor, and spin in as fast as you can by hand. If you hear any noise at all, it's the wheel bearing/hub. Now put your hands at 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock on the rotor and push with one hand at a time. If it moves at all, it's the wheel bearing. Mine made noise to the when turning to the left, so naturally I assumed the passenger side wheel bearing as you are. But it was my driver side. I changed it(only took about 45 min.) and now it's totally fine. I bought it from ebay for $40 shipped to my door in 2 days. The quality seems good and it's been holding up just fine and there were no fitment issues. Both sides are the same btw.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1998-...Q5fAccessories

 

Well I tried your check 88s10 but all seems good I did the pads 2 years ago maynarnd and they're o.k yet, so i guess I'll remove the caliper and take the rotor off and get in there and have a peek tonight and see if I cant find something amiss, I don't know?

 

Well to check the hub/bearings you should take the caliper off. Sorry I didn't mention that. The caliper will hold the rotor straight.

 

Well I had it all apart last night,(passenger side that is) held the hub assembly in my hand and it felt just fine, put it back together drove it today to and from work and all around I can't seem to get the sound back that was there on Sunday. I know it's not fixed it's just hiding and I'd rather take care of it soon so It doesn't happen to me when I'm in the country in the middle of no where, sucks not knowing what it is for sure.