OK - Diagnose the problem with my other halfs mondeo?

[NeilF]

There's a rasping/rubbing sound from the rear passenger wheel. Seems to be in time with the speed of the vehicle - ie: Faster means the sound speeds up, slower means it slows down.

If you turn a corner so weight goes onto the wheel the sound gets louder...

Wheel bearing? Could it be anything else?

Thanks!


It's been down to the garage once where after an hour and a half they cleaned the breaks to no effect... So £90 to get no where!

[BreadBin]

Sounds like a wheel bearing to me, have you jacked it up and wiggled the wheel?

[NeilF]

Sounds like a wheel bearing to me, have you jacked it up and wiggled the wheel?

No... What would be the tell tale sign of a bearing gone?

[BreadBin]

Clicky (http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Feature_MOTView?langid=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001#checks14to20)

:thumbs:

[vega]

I have a similar fault on my 5 Series. I get a clicking every time I turn a corner, sounds like there is a stone in the tyre. Never does it in a straight line though, and just went straight through an MOT. When I had it serviced recently, I asked the garage to check it out, and they had no idea :D They suggested I replace the wheel bearing. Not got round to it yet though.

[NeilF]

I have a similar fault on my 5 Series. I get a clicking every time I turn a corner, sounds like there is a stone in the tyre. Never does it in a straight line though, and just went straight through an MOT. When I had it serviced recently, I asked the garage to check it out, and they had no idea :D They suggested I replace the wheel bearing. Not got round to it yet though.

This is a very definate rasping/rubbing sound... And you can hear it (just about) when going in a straight line.

If you turn the engine off and just coast along (especially slowly) you can hear it quite easily...

If you're driving and load the wheel (ie: turn right) you can hear it even louder...


Just a bit annoyed that the garage had it for a day, charge 1.5hrs labour to clean (glaze) the rear break, and it's not made a bit of difference :(

[Sideways Danny]

sounds like sticky brakes to me

[BreadBin]

The test on the link above will show up sticking brakes too btw ;)

[NeilF]

sounds like sticky brakes to me

Really? Why would applying weight to the corner in question increase sound if it's brakes?

[BreadBin]

Even brand new bearings have fractional amounts of play in them

[The Artist]

I have a similar fault on my 5 Series. I get a clicking every time I turn a corner, sounds like there is a stone in the tyre. Never does it in a straight line though, and just went straight through an MOT. When I had it serviced recently, I asked the garage to check it out, and they had no idea :D They suggested I replace the wheel bearing. Not got round to it yet though.

You need to get around to it, we had a wheel bearing seize on my Lada 4X4 years ago and we did not even know the bearing was on its way out. It totally collapsed on the way to Scotland and the wheel locked solid.... Katie was driving as I was falling to sleep and she did a superb job of keeping it in a straight line... you could see the skid mark (which was about 100 feet) for months later

[BreadBin]

You need to get around to it, we had a wheel bearing seize on my Lada 4X4 years ago and we did not even know the bearing was on its way out. It totally collapsed on the way to Scotland and the wheel locked solid.... Katie was driving as I was falling to sleep and she did a superb job of keeping it in a straight line... you could see the skid mark (which was about 100 feet) for months later

Its either that or the inner part of the bearing twists the stub axle off, neither is pretty

[NeilF]

Wanna know what it most likely was!?! A flattish tyre! :ghey:

She put air in her rear tyres and noticed they were both low, especially the one at the rear corner in question!

Since inflating the tyre to full pressure, NO NOISE!

Guess it must have been rubbing somewhere/somehow!?