well its prolly both honestly... my front wheels cant move back and forth but before i replaced my rear wheel bearing they could... so wobble wheels + clicky noise= wheel bearing and cv joint imo lol

 

So what are some good ways to check for wheel bearing death? Sometimes on some roads my car gives off this WHOM WHOM WHOM WHOM like its a hovercraft or something.

 

whom whom whom.... can also just be the brake rotor... best way to check a wheel bearing is to remove it and see... 2nd beas is jack it up and spin the tire - shake the tire - twist, pull, etc... you'll hear an feel it.

 

it'll sound crunchy?

 

Rotor should be secured by the tire being tight.

Wheel play is generally ball joints and/or tie rod ends. Clicking noise is usually the outer CV joint. Wheel bearings are usually more of a whining/humming noise.

 

so if I took the tire off and turned the rotor I would probably hear the CV joint?

 

You probably shouldn't hear a CV joint much just turning it by hand, and CV joints make more noise when you're turning the wheel than just by going.

 

Exactly.. he hears it going striaght..

I know the rotors are tight, but if they are alittle warped, they could make the 'whum whum' type noise...

 

I think CVs can still make the noise going straight, though, if they're really bad... Especially if they are bad and your ball joints/TREs are also bad, giving the wheel some play which would make the CV joint bang around more...

Jack up one side at a time and try to wiggle the wheel... left/right play = bad TRE, up/down play = bad ball joint(s) = bad control arm(s)

 

That is true, but after driving from Little Rock to Chicago with a bad cv, they dont click or whine, they THUMP when that bad

dunno... we're all just guessing here anyways... the OP needs to get it into an alighnment shop and gave them look it over...