howling noise

[Gabbastard]

Came round a fairly easy bend on a a-road last night, halfway through the corner a horrible, pretty loud howling noise appeared. Its not revs dependent, seems to appear above 25mph-ish. If you dip the clutch it changes pitch slightly. Non-apparent sitting still. Kind of hard to tell where exactly is coming from

Im thinking driveshaft/cv joint.

Opinions?

[VTSarah]

Is it the bird in the passenger seat howling away?

[Gabbastard]

I keep the bird in the boot.

[burgin2011]

I keep the bird in the boot.

mine was the same but my drivers wheel was loose , the the cv joint wwnt a few weeks later made the exact same noise , ps not the thrust bearing rattling is it?

[blackie_2k5]

It's the fox in the boot!!


Nah.. Sounds like intermediate shaft bearing

[moonstonechris]

Happened to me on a light bend about 40 ish worse when I put my foot down praying its not the box if it is what's the best replacement gearbox for a vtr :)

[Gabbastard]

Cheers chaps. Had a squint at the car earlier and i cant see anything amiss.

Hope its not the box, might have a stab at a new shaft as im sure theyre original items.

[Aly]

Cheers chaps. Had a squint at the car earlier and i cant see anything amiss.

Hope its not the box, might have a stab at a new shaft as im sure theyre original items.

Mine is doing the same on my 106 and it's definitely the shaft, jack your car up and feel the cv joint against the shaft and feel for any play, mine there is a lot of playing and you can rattle it around so I know it's had it.

[Gabbastard]

Mine is doing the same on my 106 and it's definitely the shaft, jack your car up and feel the cv joint against the shaft and feel for any play, mine there is a lot of playing and you can rattle it around so I know it's had it.

Jammin. I didnt want to go underneath the car with no axle stand so never checked that out. Shaft getting ordered. Ta :-)