Post by rally1800s on May 2, 2011 11:09:20 GMT
Hi Experts,
I've noticed what can only be described as a rattle from the front passenger side wheel developing over the last couple of hundred miles. It sounds similar to a worn ball-joint but i don't feel it through the steering wheel in the same way as a ball-joint. It happens when going over something rough (pothole etc.).
With the wheels on the ground when I grab the top of the wheel and rock it in-and-out I hear a clicking noise which is not present when I do the same on the other front wheel. With the car jacked up the clicking is not so evident but there is slight movement.
In a RWD car I'd have assumed it was a wheel bearing - is this likely to be the case? I'm a bit of a FWD novice.
Reading the workshop manual about removal of the hub/driveshaft it all seems a bit more advanced than I'd be happy with attempting (plus requirement of several special tools). Is it as difficult as the manual suggests?
I notice also some evidence of leakage from one of the boots (I think it's the CV boot) - see photo attached.
Any thoughts or suggestions on the likely cause of the "rattle"?
thanks
James.
I've noticed what can only be described as a rattle from the front passenger side wheel developing over the last couple of hundred miles. It sounds similar to a worn ball-joint but i don't feel it through the steering wheel in the same way as a ball-joint. It happens when going over something rough (pothole etc.).
With the wheels on the ground when I grab the top of the wheel and rock it in-and-out I hear a clicking noise which is not present when I do the same on the other front wheel. With the car jacked up the clicking is not so evident but there is slight movement.
In a RWD car I'd have assumed it was a wheel bearing - is this likely to be the case? I'm a bit of a FWD novice.
Reading the workshop manual about removal of the hub/driveshaft it all seems a bit more advanced than I'd be happy with attempting (plus requirement of several special tools). Is it as difficult as the manual suggests?
I notice also some evidence of leakage from one of the boots (I think it's the CV boot) - see photo attached.
Any thoughts or suggestions on the likely cause of the "rattle"?
thanks
James.
