FOONIN Donating Members 678 Member For: 15y 8m 5d Gender: Male Location: CHCH NZ Posted 27/08/11 05:29 AM Share Posted 27/08/11 05:29 AM (edited) I need peoples thoughts on a problem Ive gotcurrently if I drive over 70km a metal on metal sound appears from the front right wheel on my bf f6. The car has done 130,000km. I thought possibly the bearing needs lubrication as it doesnt make a noise under 70km. However the further over 70km I go the the louder it becomes and I a thought stuffed bearings always make a noise while driving no matter the speed. The sound doesnt disappear when I put my foot on the brake.anyone got an idea? Edited 27/08/11 05:31 AM by FOONIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeze_dk I am dissatisfied with my current employment situation Donating Members 8,610 Member For: 18y 3m 7d Gender: Male Posted 27/08/11 05:32 AM Share Posted 27/08/11 05:32 AM Wheel bearings get louder and faster the faster you go.. Easier to get new hubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOONIN Donating Members 678 Member For: 15y 8m 5d Gender: Male Location: CHCH NZ Posted 29/08/11 05:44 AM Author Share Posted 29/08/11 05:44 AM I did a test on way home today, I pulled the wing mirror in and seems to have solved it....although leaves me with another question, why does my wing mirror make a high pitch noise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kovac Member 68 Member For: 15y 11m 22d Gender: Male Location: campbelltown Posted 02/09/11 10:10 PM Share Posted 02/09/11 10:10 PM My bf was making a similar noise I replaced the front right to find out the left bearing needed replacing aswell the bearings arnt expensive I payed $266 for the bearings and if your doing it urself ull need either a "1 1/2 or a 32 m socket and it is easy to replace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeze_dk I am dissatisfied with my current employment situation Donating Members 8,610 Member For: 18y 3m 7d Gender: Male Posted 02/09/11 11:27 PM Share Posted 02/09/11 11:27 PM Or a hammer and chisel if the stupid bearing case gets stuck on the shaft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotrana Member 2,586 Member For: 21y 9m 4d Gender: Male Posted 03/09/11 03:21 AM Share Posted 03/09/11 03:21 AM Even new bearings can be faulty. I have changed both front hubs only to find I still had a noise. I thought the noise must have been coming from somewhere else. 2yrs later the noise becomes louder and clearly from the front LHS. Changed the hub again and fixed. So a faulty new hub caused me a hell of alot of headscratching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kovac Member 68 Member For: 15y 11m 22d Gender: Male Location: campbelltown Posted 03/09/11 08:25 PM Share Posted 03/09/11 08:25 PM When I buy bearing for the car I always get them from cbc bearings never had an issue with their bearings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOONIN Donating Members 678 Member For: 15y 8m 5d Gender: Male Location: CHCH NZ Posted 04/09/11 05:35 AM Author Share Posted 04/09/11 05:35 AM nah it has to be the wing mirror.....drove fast until I heard the noise then I pulled the wing mirror in and poof its gone.....wish it was the wheelbearing...dunno how Im gunna stop the wing mirror whistlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reidos Member 32 Member For: 13y 3m 21d Posted 18/11/11 09:25 PM Share Posted 18/11/11 09:25 PM Foonin, I have the same problem. Though it is in my front rhs wheel. I couldn't place the noise at first but I jacked the car up and spun the front wheel. It should be completely silent but it wasn't. I've put it down to a wheel bearing. Hoping to have it fixed within the next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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