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It is a few decades since I encountered a front wheel drive vehicle with the classic inner and outer bearing configuration due to their short lifespan unless designed to be expensive to manufacture.
Most 2 and 4 wheel drive non-commercial vehicle front wheel bearings use a single bearing assembly due to the increased reliability and more economic manufacturing and assembly cost.
It is necessary to remove the hub assembly from the vehicle in order to replace the bearing, which is fairly straightforward, apart from the usual corroded nuts and bolts considering the age of the vehicle. The big problem is the combined heat of a failing wheel bearing and the age usually mean removing the old bearing is anything but straightforward and while an experienced home mechanic should with a little luck be able to complete the work, the use of a workshop press is highly desirable.
There isn't the scope here to explain each step of replacing any bearing and while not wishing to insult you, if you have to ask the question, it means you are almost the last person who should be tackling such a task.
Most likely you have a bad wheel bearing on the right front tire but at the same time you could have a stuck brake caliper on the front right as well you can tell if it's a bad brake caliper if the vehicle well rolling at about 5 miles an hour and shift it into neutral bad bearing if when you shift the vehicle turning the wheel hard to the right it kind of grinds you could also jack up the front right tire and turn the wheel rotating it to see if it is stiff
Front wheel drive?if so which i think it is you need to remove the whole hub assy then use a universal hub seperator to remove the bearing then press a new bearing in. some vehicles such as ford festiva need a special tool to adjust a shim thickness which is imperative. I would sugest you get a 2nd hand hub assy with a good bearing in it & just replace the whole assy :-)
This year and vehicle are notorious for having suspension links fail due to corrosion. Look under the front end, there should be a short rod (sort of dog bone shaped) that connects vertically on each side. If one or both failed, you'll have a thumping or rattling sound. They're not expensive or hard to change. If not this, there could be any number of issues, especially on a 10 year old car. Wear items include ball joints, wheel bearings, struts, etc.
Wheel bearings, Drivers side is bad. You can check this by lifting the front tires off the ground. Grab the top and bottom of the tire and try to move it up and down, not spin it. If it has any play the bearing is bad. Check both sides. You can spin it and if you feel any roughness, it's bad.
Jack up the wheel that may have the bad wheel bearing and position your left or right hand at the top of the wheel and the other hand at the bottom of the wheel and rock from top to bottom if there is over 1 cm of play your wheel bearing needs to be replaced and if there is excesive play from left to right your rack ends need to be gresed if the have a grease nipple or replaced hope i was some help
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