squeekyduck
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Sounds like a suspension component to me. What are your springs and shocks like and also your top mounts?
Car driving me mental
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ChrisGT
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Quite likely mate!
Which part do you mean? Push back the brake disc guards, the thin metal plate-like bit that sits behind the disc. Get a stick a push it well back so its nowhere near touching the disc!
Dunno what car that is, but you can clearly see the disc splash guard that sits behind the disc. Just push that back so its well away from the disc.
If you mean which part to grab to check the wheel bearing; just grab the wheel spokes and rock it back and forth. Shouldn't move very much , if theres a lot of play it'll be the wheel bearing!
Rumel786
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springs and shocks are totally fine mate.
Rumel786
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Lol yeh, can you highlight ecatly which part your talking abot to push back in a pic?
just dont want to be screwing anything else up.
does it sound like a wheel bearing on the vid?
ony prob is that before it used to only screetch on full lock, now it does it all the time, surely it cant be a bearing if it used to do it before on full lock?
just dont want to be screwing anything else up.
does it sound like a wheel bearing on the vid?
ony prob is that before it used to only screetch on full lock, now it does it all the time, surely it cant be a bearing if it used to do it before on full lock?
ChrisGT
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Nope splash guard not touching
Hmm...probably wheel bearing then! But any old garage should be able to diagnose a faulty wheel bearing just by going for a 10min test drive! Take it somewhere else tbh!
ChrisGT
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2 hours labour I'd imagine, could be quite pricey.
Could do most of it yourself though. I took the hub off then got my dads friend to take it to work and press the old bearing out / new one in. You could take the hub up to a garage and ask how much they'd charge to change over the bearings...probs be like £20-40. Luckily my dads mate did it for free!
ChrisGT
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Not a problem mate! Let me know how it goes!
GTnomez
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to determine whether its the wheel bearing, jack it up like said before and shake the wheel up and down like an M.O.T'er would do. there should be play left and right as thats how you steer but NOT up and down.
you wont be able to hear the noise when jacked up not because of the speed of the car, its because the wheels are not under load of the engine which makes the wheel sit at an angle slightly causing the the brake disc to rub on the caliper.
check that first
you wont be able to hear the noise when jacked up not because of the speed of the car, its because the wheels are not under load of the engine which makes the wheel sit at an angle slightly causing the the brake disc to rub on the caliper.
check that first
ChrisGT
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A shock absorber!? Well, you say the sounds coming from the front. Check the top mounts and check to see if either of the shocks are leaking and the springs are seated correctly etc etc.
I don't know how a worn shock would make a noise like that - definately sounds like something rotating. I would've thought bush/shock would be more of a creaking whilst turning or something. Very odd!
I don't know how a worn shock would make a noise like that - definately sounds like something rotating. I would've thought bush/shock would be more of a creaking whilst turning or something. Very odd!
Rumel786
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yep, no play in wheel at all mate.
the place i went to now jus specialise in wheels only, nothing else so they said to take it to main garage on monday and they jack it up and take a look to see if it may be soch absorber or something, cant quite figure out whats the prob at the moment
the place i went to now jus specialise in wheels only, nothing else so they said to take it to main garage on monday and they jack it up and take a look to see if it may be soch absorber or something, cant quite figure out whats the prob at the moment
ChrisGT
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Very true! I'm just telling you to try a bunch of things, hoping we'll hit something! lol
Why did he suggest it might be suspension/bush though? Did he take it for a test drive?