Every time i drive my car i hear what seems like a loud grinding noise that comes from the front wheels. Along with the noise my steering wheel shakes a little from left to right. I noticed that the noise has gradually gotten louder over a period of about 3 months. Also, when i drive strait or make a left turn, the noise is very loud, especially when making the left turn. However when i make a wide right turn, the noise seems to almost completely go away. Any ideas on what can be making this noise?
Check front tyres & wheel bearings espesially the R/H/F. Feel tyre for high / low spots on inside & jack up & spin wheel if you get noise while jacked up it is not the tyres but wheel bearing or brake pads but more than likly a crook bearing by the sound of it. It needs to be tended to ASAP
if your vehicle is front wheel drive you may have a bad 'constant velocity joint'. These allow your wheels to turn left and right and still provide power to the road. The variation in sounds sugggests it's the left CVJ as momentum will force that joint tighter in a right turn causing the parts of the joint to fit more snugly. While not immediately life threatening, the longer you go before you have it repaired the more damage it is likely to cause. If it breaks completely while you are in traffic, you could very well wind up stuck in the middle of the road.
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SOURCE: Grinding noise in the left
grinding on front wheel is caused by 2 things.
a bad or loose wheel bearing,or worn out brakes, have them both checked
You might also want to check the level of fluid in the power steering
reservoir - low or lack of fluid will also cause a noise (although more of a
whining than a grinding).
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Can't be 100% sure but if you didn't have this problem before doing the work on the wheel bearing I can only think 1 of two things. When they removed your whhel bearing the sensor ring for the abs got damaged or the abs sensor is damaged or not pressed into place in the knuckle. The front sensors are not screwed on, they just have a little sleeve and at time with the vibrations of doing a wheel bearing they get loose. You most probally won't have an abs fault due to these problems.
SOURCE: Left front tire noise
you have a failed wheel bearing - guaranteed this is your problem- Allen
SOURCE: loud noise at higher speeds from front left wheel
Have the wheel bearings checked, Good Luck
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It's really strange that the noise goes away when you made a wide right turn. My car makes a clicking sound whenever I turn, but when I drive straight, it stops. We might not have the same problem, but I think the fastest way to get it fixed would be to take it to an auto repair service.http://www.adamscollisionservice.com/ser...
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