another way to verify if its a bad wheel bearing is to drive the car about 20-25 mph and swerve left and right. Bad bearings do not usually develop play on the wheels but have a tendency to make noise during the turns. Make sure you are in a safe location when you do this.

On the tire marks, have we abandoned that issue then?

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So what was scraping the wheel?

Is it still scraping?