dumb nubie car repair question please help..lol?

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HI all,

I was doing some research and thought the noise coming from my wheel may have been a bearing..it gave a woooooo sound.
Yet someone suggested that it may have low oil in the differential.
Now I watched a youtube vid on how to fill a rear axel differential...
How about if one has a front wheel drive car?..here comes the idiot question..is there a rear axel oil differential resevoir on a front wheel drive vehicle?..or is it in the fron axle?
if so..where the hell is it located?
even stupider nubie question..I'm assumeing that when the hynes book refers to automatic transaxel fluid..they mean automatic transmition fluid..
yet they refer to it as "oil".
is there a differential area of a front wheel vehical that I have to check and add special gear oil?
I am going crazy looking at the haynes manuel that doesn't mention anything about it.

sorry if this question sounds idiotic..I'm just trying to learn..so please keep snide remarks to yourself and please help
 
ok you have a front wheel drive car right? If you do then there is no fluid you can check to get rid of that woo woo sound coming from the wheels- does it happen all the time or just when you get to a certain speed? sounds like a wheel bearing to me depending on the car you will need to replace an assembly called a hub- first check the tires- do they have the same amount of tread from the inside to the outside of the tire- are there areas where is looks like someone shaved part of the tread off- if so its likely the tires are bad- you may need an alignment or just simply a regular rotation schedule. Your front differential is connected to your transmission/trans-axle and shares the fluid- you do not have a rear differential unless your car has all wheel drive. let me know if you have any other questions.
 
[lang=de]use some auto repair manual dud, I have similar problem before so I decide up to have my own chilton auto repair manual for my personal reference:cold day:[/lang]
 
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