My daily driver, a Honda Accord has developed a problem where it has a grinding, squeeling coming from the wheel. I had a look the other day and the CV boot was all torn up and grease was flung everywhere. Easy peasy I thought, replaced the CV and cleaned and repacked the inner joint while I was there. The noise is still there. I'm guessing bearing but its $260 for a new one, one side only (!). So before I go spending the money I was hoping someone else would have an idea, there being a lot of people in the know here.
The noise is intermittent, only comes on sometimes. It usually comes on with the application of the brakes, and will stay on when I release them but only a bit quieter, so now I suspect the brakes. I checked the pads and they're all good, plenty of meat. Anything else I could check?