irvined
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| posted on 9/3/10 at 09:34 PM |
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Golf 3 Noise
Hello,
Friend of mine asked me to have a look at his Golf, its developed a noise that increases with road speed. It gets progressively louder until about
40/50mph then gets quieter.
It sounds like its coming from the rear of the car. I thought at first it would be the wheel bearing, but I'd expect that to get noisier and
more annoying the faster you go.
I can feel some play in one of the rear wheels, but would hate to replace the bearing for nothing.
Any ideas?
Cheers
David
http://irvined.blogspot.com
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skodaman
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| posted on 9/3/10 at 09:40 PM |
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'Sounds just like a Golf."
Don't suppose you get that really irritating advert over there.
Skodaman
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austin man
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| posted on 9/3/10 at 09:44 PM |
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If theres play in the wheel I would change the bearing if the noise is from the rear there is a good bet that this will be the problem
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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tomprescott
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| posted on 9/3/10 at 09:47 PM |
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^^^ ditto, if there's play replace it regardless of the noise, you'll probably find that replacing it does sort the noise out though.
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irvined
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| posted on 9/3/10 at 09:49 PM |
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Thanks for the help, I'll give it a go - looks like a fairly simple replacement form what I can see. Nothing the big hammer shouldn't fix
anyway.
Cheers
http://irvined.blogspot.com
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hillbillyracer
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| posted on 9/3/10 at 10:58 PM |
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If it's anything like earlier Golf/other VWs then it'll have a taper-roller bearing with a castle nut & split pin for adjustment,
you'll be able to take it all apart, clean & inspect without destroying anything so you're sure it's the bearing that's
gone & not waste any money.
Easy enough to do aswell, if you've done a front bearing a Cortina hub (as may well be fitted to a Locost!) then it's similar.
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SALAD
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 10:16 AM |
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It is quite a simple job if all the bolts come undone. I had to replace some after the air chisel got involved
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