'98 CRV auto, (AWD version) 46,000 miles (74,000km) Second owner. When stopping on snow / ice, without causing the ABS to engage, the rear-right wheel makes a howling-grinding noise that changes pitch with rotation speed. It's a fairly 'throaty' sound. It only sounds at about 15 mph or slower, __just as you come to a stop___. Due to road noise, there's no audible noise at speed in forward, but in reverse, 15 mph, when you let it coast (so the tranny won't howl) you can hear the grinding noise in the rear right too. Changing the rear diff fluid didn't help, so the dealer replaced the whole diff. Noise is still there. Brakes look perfect on boths sides, with no accumulations of rust or metal filings. Drum surfaces are un-grooved and shoes have enough meat left on them. All the contact points have the copper colored anti-sieze spray on them as if they've never been touched since the factory. (I hear CRVs aren't very hard on the rear brakes) My conclusion is the rear right bearing, because it can be heard when rolling in reverse, but only really howls and grinds when putting higher (axial?) load on it while stopping. BTW, the stopping noise rarely happens on dry pavement, only if two or more wheels are on snow (which appears to be what fooled the dealer into swapping the diff). There's no signs of rubbing or grinding in the brakes, and when there's something bent or assembled wrong inside brake drums I'd expect to have a rub,rub,rub,rub kind of noise. Has anybody EVER seen a rear bearing on an AWD CRV go bad, and do you think that's what I've got? I'm going to get a (non-Honda) shop to inspect and swap the rear drums to eliminate them as a cause, since the dealer is absolutely convinced that they're going to tear my brakes apart (at my expen$e) until they find the problem. They claim it isn't the rear bearing because they never fail. ALSO: Both times I went there, the foreman was unreachable / out, so I had to show the noise to whoever was available to come along for a ride (mechanics) I'm not saying that's a bad thing, but it doesn't seem right from a procedural perspective. 'Curly'