v6mikey Posted September 9, 2010 Report Posted September 9, 2010 (edited) Just a long shot here, but you have mentioned that you have changed the front wheel bearings, but not the rear. Am I missing something here? I would suspect those first. Just a thought. Just realised that this is quite an old post! Edited September 9, 2010 by v6mikey Quote
JohnR Posted September 10, 2010 Report Posted September 10, 2010 (edited) Just a long shot here, but you have mentioned that you have changed the front wheel bearings, but not the rear. Am I missing something here? I would suspect those first. Just a thought. Just realised that this is quite an old post! My post wasn't old!Yes, I had changed front wheel brgs (rear ones very rarely seem to go). When I checked back though, it was further back than I thought, and was about 60,000 miles ago. After swapping both drives shafts out this week and after 170,000 miles (50 quid each on ebay), the noise was still bad and getting worse. This evening, I swapped the drivers side front wheel bearing and hey presto, almost like new again! After having replaced them a couple of years ago, I had all the tools lined up and it only took me just over an hour. Getting the old ones out is still as tough as I remember it, but I jigged up the wheel knuckle on steel blocks and used a slide-hammer. To pull the new one in, I just used an old driveshaft and large circular steel disk (just big enough to ensure force transferred through outer race)with greased hub-bolt and 27mm socket on electric impact wrench.I must say, that after swapping to the latest spec VW gearbox oil, replacing the gearbox a/v mount, replacing the drive shafts (and inner shaft & transmission bushing a year ago), now that I've fixed the wheel bearing you would never guess that the old gal had done 170,000 miles. It still burns no oil at all between service intervals either! Edited September 10, 2010 by JohnR Quote
BIG GIBBY Posted November 25, 2010 Report Posted November 25, 2010 DID YOU GET THIS PROBLEM SORTED OUT AS IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE A 2002 GALAXY 19TDI 115 WITH 66000 MILES JUST REPLACED BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS BUT NOISE IS STILL THERE WOULD BE GREATFULL FOR ANY HELP CHEERS BIG GIBBY Quote
benali10 Posted April 5, 2013 Report Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) I've just started to notice a drone on my 2004 ally 1.9tdi (90k and 2 new front tyres). It comes in about 70mph on motorway, its like your suddenly driving on rumble strips or badly surfaced road. Its there just as you hold it on constant load and if you accelerate or decelerate it completely disappears. I only seem to notice it whilst on motorway doing these steady speeds. I've not had a chance to investigate yet, but will certainly be checking gearbox oil first. In order of probability what are the other most likely causes for this? Edited April 5, 2013 by benali10 Quote
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