You'll get clacking whenever you turn...especially at full turn, slow speed. You'll get a light knock as the vehicle coasts wheich will get worse until the joint fails altogether. If there's grease, you should be able to see if the boot OS cracked. Pry the ridges apart on the black ridged boot covering the joint and you'll see if it needs changing or not. If there's cracks, then dirt and water has gotten in and destroyed the joint.
when turning or when ridin?
Check the CV Joints both inner and outer. Probally a boot has failed and the joint has loss all grease.
It might be a CV joint, when the CV boot is ripped and the grease is partly gone , then it makes noise.
Worn left front wheel bearing.
Worn front axle and/or front end component.
water/friction
Bearings misassembled, tire nosie, brake noise, noise in axle, noise in transmission, etc.
You need to check the front wheel bearings, while driveing down the road stright turn the steering to the left and then to the right and listen to see if the hum noise changes, if not then both bearings are bad left and right sides. If the hum noise changes while turning to the left then right front bearings are bad , if hum noise changes while weaven to the right then left bearings are bad.
97 grand am rubbing/grinding noise from right front that is not wheelbearing or brakes
nope - none in mine
most likely it is a cv joint going bad, but it can also be a strut tower, or a tie rod... front right strut
Possible wheel bearing, see if noise changes on left & right turns.