I agree; not the safest way to search for the noise, I guess I got a little desperate because I don't think that it is the wheel bearing but I really hope that it is and I am going to recheck it tomorrow with the tips that you all have provided. I would never recommend that anyone search for a noise in the way that I did either however I was in a safe enviroment (my shop) and the car was tied down but I did put myself in harms way by getting my body close to a moving part and I should not have done that. I really don't want to swap parts for the sake of eventually discovering the problem and I am sure that most of you understand that.
