I own a 1990 Accord EX, and it has recently started to make this godawful sound. It almost sounds and feels like there's a knot in my tire. I purchased four new tires, alignment, put on new tie-rod ends, and changed my stabilizer arm bushings (one of those was missing), and the sound (and extreme vibration) is still there. It only happens when I'm accelerating. When I push on the clutch to change gears, or when I take my foot off of the gas, or when I put the car in neutral, the sound and accompanying vibration disappears. And though the vibration is moderate to severe, my steering wheel doesn't shake. I understand that CV joints will click or knock when turning, but that isn't one of the symptoms. I have to drive it for about 15 minutes before it starts acting up. Wheel bearings? I have no clue. Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Does your motor rev up and down after releasing the clutch and accelerating after shifting gears? It might be the clutch slipping and grabbing thus making vibrations whenever you step on the accelerator or you might have a very worn clutch.

 

I have a nice knocking sound only when I turn hard or am going 50+ and turn slightly i can hear clicking, but I know its a wheel bearing, i'd definaly try changing the wheel bearing.

 

Check your inner cv joints for wear. They don't click when they wear out.

 

Even when I take off from a dead stop, I can feel it as I accelerate. The sound is almost like someone hitting my car with a big hammer under the front end. Hitting slowly as I take off, to completely whacking the hell out of it as I go faster. The boots on my CV axles look fine, how do I check them for wear? I can turn the wheel sharply in a parking lot and accelerate, but there isn't any clicking sound. Also there seems to be a high pitch whining sound coming from the front end.

 

u cant visually check the inner cv jonits for wear. wheel bearings go bad over time. u dont even notice it. one went out on my sister's 90 corolla. passenger side. she had a horrendous vibration and noise. u could feel it vibrate the entire floor board, sounded like a wind tunnel, air plane taking off. sounded loud enough to be an exhaust leak. u can jack up the car, grasp each wheel and see if it moves any to and from u. there shouldnt be any play. that would be the wheel bearing. as they go bad it becomes harder for the wheel to move in any direction. eventually they just stop moving and break. try driving thru a bank drive thru where u have a wall see if u can hear the bearing. she also had the driver's side axle go. similar symptoms that there was a vibration but it felt more like a brake problem. when it broke she could feel it in her brake pedal. she didnt notice any clicking sound. do a search here for wheel bearing and axles.

a whine is usually a bearing going bad. wheel bearing, altenator, water pump, distributor.. all have bearings.

i have a 92 and a boot went bad. it had split but hadnt shot grease everywhere. i never had any axle problem but replaced the whole unit anyway. i had no click or vibration. u may not get a click with inner joints. u may notice looseness in the front end.

 

that sounds more like a CV joint.

 

Even though I replaced them less than 3k miles ago? Theres no rips, who know's maybe I got a dud, but. I do have the wheel bearing and I'm going to replace that to see if it fixes the problem.

 

I'm sorry but that made me lol :chuckles:

 

Did you replace it with a quality part?