novacaine
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 11:59 AM |
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Odd tintop noise
Hi all,
It's coming up to MOT time and my car has started making an odd noise
It makes a speed dependant clicking noise from the left front on left lock, if the wheels are straight or with right lock no clicking noise, only on
left lock and only when the car is heavy ( 3 passengers + driver)
I'm hoping it's outer cv as I need to replace that boot anyway, but part of me is dreading that it's diff related
It's a mk2 fiat punto jtd on an x Reg if that helps
As always, pointers and opinions are greatly appriciated
Cheers
Matt
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fesycresy
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 12:04 PM |
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Any noise when you do a circle on full lock at low speed ?
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novacaine
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 12:14 PM |
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With everyone on board yes but only on left lock, no noise if it is right lock or without the passengers
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but its sinking, Racing around to come up behind you again, the sun is the same in a relative way but
your older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death
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blakep82
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 12:15 PM |
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mate had the same noise on his mk3 golf, if was a cv joint. fingers crossed
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novacaine
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 12:21 PM |
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to add a bit more about the problem,
it is only really noticeable under load,
If I do circles on full lock with a small bit of power applied it will click, and again with driving at speed, it will click all the time on left lock
but get louder when power is applied, again, only with a full load of passengers
thanks for the replies,
oh and a bit of a numpty question, if i take the boot off will it be obvious if the CV is damaged? will there be play in it?
as you can imagine, i would rather not fork out the £60 on a new CV when I don't need it
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but its sinking, Racing around to come up behind you again, the sun is the same in a relative way but
your older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death
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Steve G
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 12:41 PM |
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I got half way through and immediately thought CV joint...... and then you said it yourself.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 12:43 PM |
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ditto, its the joint
one of the tests to do when looking at buying a car
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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novacaine
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 12:58 PM |
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thanks all, will put a nearside outer cv on order
Cheers
Matt
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but its sinking, Racing around to come up behind you again, the sun is the same in a relative way but
your older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 03:14 PM |
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I would repack it with grease first and see if it cures it, it may have split a boot before you owned it and not been repacked properly.
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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tomprescott
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 06:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
I would repack it with grease first and see if it cures it, it may have split a boot before you owned it and not been repacked properly.
Agreed
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Dusty
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 07:40 PM |
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If the boots been split a while it may be packed with grinding paste. Another possibility is front wheel bearing. Easy to test by jacking up and
trying to wobble the wheel with hands at 12 and 6 o'clock.
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