fuzzysig

assuming that It was a bad wheel bearing I took the driver side bearing out and theres no play its tight and smooth like its full of grease still
it felt a little tighter than the new bearing I got from oreillys no noise when spinning so I took out the pass side bearing. which turned out to be on the way out
but when I replaced it with new hub/bearing the noise didn't go away
besides the balance shaft noise that I know about
this oscillating howl/ whine seems to be coming from the driver side so I thought it was a bearing

it increases with rpm or speed I cant really tell which one

can I shift to neutral when cruising or will it not eliminate the transmission?

transmission has new fluid for about a year now.
the noise started when I replaced the original bearing with another lower mileage oem bearing
can the bearing still make noise even if its tight when spun by hand?

fuzzysig

heres a video
the wobbling sound is what im concerned with
you can also hear the driveshaft whine which i know already

projektvertx

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It's very hard to tell of my phone's speaker but based off what I did hear, it sounds like it could be a wheel bearing that's failed. Bearings are an interesting beast. I swapped both rear bearing on the 1G RL recently. When driving there was a distinct hum from the back that screamed wheel bearings. When I pulled them off, a visual and manual inspection showed no play or noise or anything to indicate failure...

fuzzysig

it was a bearing after all
replaced it yesterday and noise is gone
and car doesnt struggle to accelerate as much
it was throwing off the awd system because there was more load on one wheel.
mpg went up a little also