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Right front rumble?

It appears that when cornering hard left at medium speeds I'm hearing a sort of rumbling from the right front. Not so loud that you'd hear it over the radio but detectable with it off. Perhaps a slight vibration associated but you guys know most of these cars have a little vibration in the steering wheel anyway. I've taken that wheel off to check the bearings and nothing feels loose or binding. Good grease under the dust cover and no metal fragments. What else should I be taking a look at?

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check the rubber busings that hook up to that side of the suspension. you'll be surprised by what you can find when you crawl under ur 44'
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I had a similar issue. sway bar bushings
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Thanks guys. I'll take a look at the bushings this weekend. It's gonna be COLD in my garage!
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Problem solved. Replaced both front wheels bearings and races. The passenger side outer bearing race had a scar that probably would have caused the bearing to fail soon. Noticeable difference in the smoothness of the front suspension. None of the subtle vibrations that the car had before. I'm really glad I took care of that before it got to be a big problem.

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