I've gotten through some of the work I wanted to do for this and wanted to report.

I've changed the tie rod ends, but have not had the car in for an alignment yet. I got bogged down doing other things, and I think I'll get it in this week, but the alignment doesn't seem too bad the way it is.

I have changed the wheel bearing on the pass side, where it seems the noise is coming from, but that did nothing to alter the sound at all.

While I was in there I ran into a break in the flex hose and also a tear in the caliper piston dust boot, so I changed them both on that side (pass). While I had the brakes apart I beat the rust ridges off the rotor with a hammer.

I'm anxious to get the wheel bearing done on the driver's side now to rule that out. I have half a feeling that the noise is coming from that bearing (where it was towed up onto the truck deck) and travelling to the other side of the car where I hear it. When I pulled the wheel bearing out of the pass side, it basically fell apart, so I guess I maybe was slowly dying anyway. And holy jesus was it stuck in the steering knuckle!

Actually, lately the noise has really sounded more like it's in the 'middle' of the car, and I've been worried it's possibly the bearings on the pass side driveshaft carrier, or worse yet the bevel gear.

I'd love it if someone could provide details of what it sounds like when either one of these items fails. I guess I would say mine is whining and moaning.

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1998 V70 AWD Turbo 190k+