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- From: leonglaw@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Lawrence LEONG)
- Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 08:42:05 GMT
- Subject: Re: When I turn, it gets noisy.....
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- Organization: HP Singapore
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- In rec.autos.tech, n8743722@henson.cc.wwu.edu (delorm david) writes:
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- | paulman@hkmeg1.enet.dec.com (HKO MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING 08-Dec-1992 1726) writes:
- |
- | >My car is an 85 Honda Civic with 56,000 km (Yes, 56,000 km).
- |
- | >Since last couple of weeks, it starts getting very noisy with a "long,
- | >long" sound when I make a turn (say a right angle turn). The faster I go,
- | >the louder the sound. However, I don't hear the noise when I am going
- | >straight. I can't locate the source of the noise, can anyone of you
- | >tell me what and why it is?
- |
- | Does the noise happen only on turns to one side? Can you make it happen
- | when driving straight by wiggling the streering wheel from side to side
- | (and hence loading the frot wheel bearings)? If so it is worth checking
- | out the front wheel bearings. The noise from the front wheel bearings is
- | a kind of grinding that seems to match the speed of wheel rotation.
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- If the wheel bearings are going, it could develop speed-related "clicking"
- sounds initially, even when travelling straight. One might not notice it
- initially unless alongside a wall/bridge/embankment. When the bearings are
- finally gone, it becomes *loud* "snapping" sounds -- frightening. Happened
- to me. Yeah, I know, I was young and foolish (and poor) once.
-
- lawrence
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