I have a 1990 Accord Ex that just started making a grinding noise from up front of the vehicle. There is is no vibration felt on the steering wheel and the Automatic shifting feels very smooth. I notice this noise when the speed gets to about 20 and then as I go faster, the noise pitch goes up. The car has 190K and has never been wrecked. I just did a fluid change with 3 Qts of Honda ATF-Z1 tranny fluid. No change after that was done. I also checked the Transaxles in the parking lot and heard no clicking when making hard left or right turns at about 15-20 Mph. Any thoughts on where to start. Wheel bearings? Tranny? Transaxles?

 

Brakes & wheel bearings are easy to check. Lift the front & put on jackstands (don't just use the tire-changing jack). Put it in Neutral & spin one wheel at a time to see which one grinds. Then take that wheel off & see whether you can tell if the noise comes from the brake or wheel bearing. If you can't tell, you may have to remove the brake pads to see if the noise is still there.

 

Thanks. It appears to be the bearings. Definetly just on one side. Thanks for this adice as the car is at the honda shop to get this wheel bearing replaced.
Cost about $235 + tax.