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Squeaky Wheel

  • 05-05-2010 11:14am
    #1
    tiocimarla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 241 ✭✭


    I was driving my car this morning, Audi A4 1.6 2002. And the right front wheel started squeaking like crazy. I took the wheel off and the brakes are fine is it th bearings


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  • #2
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,858 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Maybe, although a failing wheel bearing tends to make a low pitched rumble. It could be a stone caught somewhere on a disc, or maybe a suspension bush which is worn?


  • #3
    Captain Slow IRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,651 ✭✭✭Captain Slow IRL


    It could be a balljoint in one of the control arms, not an uncommon problem.

    EDIT: When is the noise happening - when you're braking, driving in a straight line, going around corners, over bumpy ground?!


  • #4
    tiocimarla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 241 ✭✭tiocimarla


    It stopped when i got home. Then when i reversed it started again. I drove it around the estate and it started when i turned left, probly random but it continued on the straight and got a little louder while turning. I am not appying pressure to the brakes which led me to believe it is the bearing. i checked behind the brake pads for grit etc but nothing. Is there a way to check the bearing and if there is is it complicated. I had a fiat punto for a few years and got mecanical experience from that... A lot of breakdowns. And how much am i looking at for a fix.. Cheers


  • #5
    Run_to_da_hills
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    Front pads could be down to the metal. worth checking.


  • #6
    analfabets
    Closed Accounts Posts: 248 ✭✭analfabets


    Sometimes you might get a small stone stuck between brake pad and disc and make a lot of noise.


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  • #7
    Captain Slow IRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,651 ✭✭✭Captain Slow IRL


    tiocimarla wrote: »
    It stopped when i got home. Then when i reversed it started again. I drove it around the estate and it started when i turned left, probly random but it continued on the straight and got a little louder while turning........ Cheers

    Lock the steering wheel to the right, turn off the engine and push down (rock it up and down) on that corner of the car to see if you can hear the squeak - try it with the steering locked in both directions. This should at least give you an idea that it's in a suspension component.
    tiocimarla wrote: »
    .... I am not appying pressure to the brakes which led me to believe it is the bearing..

    A bearing would groan if it was on the way out, it wouldn't squeak. To check it, you would have to raise the suspect wheel off the ground, rotate it and listen for any abnormal noise.


  • #8
    tiocimarla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 241 ✭✭tiocimarla


    ok I used the suggestions and took it on a spin. It was squeking like crazy so i took it on to the motorway and put the foot down. That didnt work so i took it into an industrial estate jamed on at 40mph i did this a few times and it stopped. I think it was something stuck in the brake disc and when i jammed on the abs shook it out. No squeak any more so that 4 the help people, much appreciated.


  • #9
    Captain Slow IRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,651 ✭✭✭Captain Slow IRL


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    Front pads could be down to the metal. worth checking.

    +1, make sure you check the inside pads as well.


  • #10
    Bonito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    CV Joint?


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