noise at 70mph

[gordy43]

hi all iam after some help when iam on the motorway if i stay around 70 or more for a while when i take my foot of the accelerater or press the brake it makes a whinning or grinding noise its quite hard to explain. it carrys on when i come of the motorway it carrys but once ive stopped an started again its ok. it comes from the front wheel i think or could it somthing with the clutch

its doin myhead in

[kiss_my_vtrsssse]

so is it when braking ???? or just letting off??? coming from wheel area????

gearbox, release bearing on clutch, brake pads lol etc

[gordy43]

you could say when lifting of the throttle if i cruise along at about 50 60 mph it seems to be ok but anything over that the noise kicks in

[kiss_my_vtrsssse]

could possibly be a wheel bearing ???? have you got exhaust system if so can you hear it over that ???

[kiss_my_vtrsssse]

check your tyres aswell maty sound stupid but a bald or unevenly worn tyre can create a noise

[gordy43]

my first thought was wheel bearing but its just passed its mot. i had trouble with my cv boot an had to put more grease in and every time i do that it seems to go ok for a month or 2
and yes you can hear it over the exhaust its quit loud

[kiss_my_vtrsssse]

cud possibly drive shaft then mate, but if its only at certain speed cnt think anything else

[stalkah66]

I will put money on this being power steering pump. 2 of my saxo's have exactly the same "feature" I've replaced the pump on one and its cured the problem and havent got round to replacing it on the other one yet.

[Mr_suv]

im pretty sure its the driveshaft it happened to mine a few months ago i am positive it is one of your driveshafts though

[gordy43]

nice one ill check a few of these things out an hope for the best:panic:

[Fordy_87]

mine does exactly the same thing, a realy loud grindind noise when i take my foot of the accelerater. I think its my driveshaft too, as the cv boot has come loose and i have to keep topping it up with grease.

[tomalamix]

Well, you've got some good reasons that to happen:

1- The cheaper is to calibrate the wheels, go to a tire shop and calibrate the 2 front wheels

2- its more espensive but you can have a problem with your wheel shafts, one or both. When you go for about 60mph and when you make a long turn to right or left does the noise increases its sound? If so it may be there your source of the noise

3- If the noise is only when you brake at that speed it could be the braking disks or the braking pads that loose their properties to support heat.

I think with this few info you can figure it out.

cheers

[gordy43]

i think ill get my drive shafts checked does anyone know how roughly how much new ones cost.

the noise doesnt really happen when turning only when ive done 60 or more for a while.

thanks again for all the info

[bake_snake]

same problem as i came across the other day!
driving on the motorway after about 1 - 1.5 hours at around 65 mph the noise kicked in - kind of like a loud rubbing noise.
let me know what happened with it please gordy?!

[Crunkers]

Could be your driveshaft, wheel bearing, maybe one of your discs has warped, brake pads could be too close. Check out the driveshaft first, very easy to do, jack up the side in question and try to wiggle the wheel from side to side to see if there is any play, if not actually put your hand on the driveshaft to see if there is any play. For the wheel bearing simply spin the wheel and listen for any unusual noises.

Driveshaft prices really vary, shouldn't be anymore that £90 at the absolute top end

[gordy43]

sorry guys still havnt done anything yet but it is really doing my head in ill have to wait till after xmas:sad:


any one else had any luck