Fwd: RE: What the heck is going on? Bearing or CV Joint?

[patrick.bureau at gmail.com (Patrick Bureau)]

Roaring noise while driving = Bearing, turn right if noise goes away
it is the Right bearing..

here is an easy way to test it...

Jack car side (one side at a time) up
Leaving wheels and everythign else on the car,
Hand brake on, block of wodd on front of rear tire,
Turn engine on,  (DO NO PRESS ON GAS leave car run on idle),
Put car in 5th gear and realese the clutch slowly
The lifted wheel will  rotate in mid air, if that is the bad bearing
you will clearly HEAR the bearing. if not repeat for the other side.

Next question...!




On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:21:26 -0400, David Winchell <xavsbud@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok,  Time to revisit this.  I had the cv joint rebuilt by a local guy
> that does awesome work.  I finally got the chance this evening to
> throw it back in. (I will have to replace that ball joint in the near
> future.  Couldn't source one as of yet.) I took it around the block
> again and Dog Gone if that noise isn't still there.
>
> AAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!
>
> Quick! Why do I love this car?  Oh yeah, Scirocco's are the awesome.
>
> At this point I am guessing that I have been tricked to which bearing
> I am hearing.  I was pretty sure that my first diagnosis was correct
> in that it was a bearing, but guessed it to be the wrong side. It was
> a good thing I found that cv joint though, it was pretty messed up.
> Looks like the rocc will be sitting for another week or so till I get
> the time to do the other bearing.
>
> Just to make sure, is there anything I could be missing here that
> could be the culprit?
>
> Symptoms:
>
> Roaring noise that is consistent with momentum of vehicle.  Pronounced
> when load is removed from the drive line (coasting, no accelerating
> forces applied to the drive line.) Noise diminishes once under load.
> The noise is a roaring that seems to oscillate (trying best to
> describe the noise.)
>
> Particulars: 87 2.0L 16V Scirocco.  New passenger side front bearing,
> rebuilt passenger side inner and outer cv joints. Tires: Khumo 712's
> with less than 5k miles. Sound appeared to be coming from right side.
> Now not sure.  Sound is still present.  The old test of coasting down
> a hill with the engine killed turning from side to side to hear the
> offending bearing is not possible here.  I live in Charleston, SC.  We
> have no hills...  Lots of bridges, no hills.
>
> Any ideas?  I will change the driver's side front bearing when i get
> the next chance to throw the car in the air and get some time under
> there.  Beyond that I am kinda stumped.
>
> TIA,
>
> Dave
>
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1985 2L VW Scirocco (Dead - Bent Valves)
1989 1.8L VW Rabbit Cabriolet (Daily Driver)
1998 4L Jeep Cherokee Sport
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Patrick Bureau - patrick.bureau@gmail.com
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1985 2L VW Scirocco (Dead - Bent Valves)
1989 1.8L VW Rabbit Cabriolet (Daily Driver)
1998 4L Jeep Cherokee Sport
1991 7.3L Diesel Ford F250