Humming or whirring noise from the rear wheel?

2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA
141,172 MILES • 3.2L • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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JRG602
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I'm hearing a noise when I drive my car. Only whole driving. I accelerate, so does the noise and it gets louder. I think my tire is rubbing on the hat of the strut housing. Why would it do that? Didn't do it before. Oh yeah, also had really bad wear on inside of tire. Just to be clear, it the driver side rear. Can you please explain what happened? Thank you
Nov 19, 2022 at 10:43 AM
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So, this happens when the rear bearing hub goes out and needs to be replaced. here are the instructions on how to do so in the images below. Check out the images (below). Let us know what happens and please upload pictures or videos of the problem.
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Nov 20, 2022 at 11:09 AM
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