Grinding Noise From Front

[Munter]

Hi Guys,

 

I have a 53 plate 1.9 TDi 130 Galaxy. I drove it to Manchester airport last Saturday in some of the worst rain and flooding I've seen in a while. Anyway, on my return to the car on Thursday I noticed a metallic rotational grinding noise that gets worse when turning around a left hand corner (loading the drivers side wheel) and with speed. My first thought was the drivers side wheel bearing had gone.

 

On inspection I think the wheel bearings are fine. No movement or grinding. Could this be the worn stub, half shaft issue? It can be quite clunky through the gears and on the throttle. Its almost done 120k

Edited February 13, 2011 by Munter

[woodywoodpecker]

have you checked the boots on the cv joints usually the ones opposite to the way you are turning that will grind

[Munter]

Hi Woody,

 

Yea, we checked the boots when we checked the wheel bearings. They looked fine.

[Talisman]

I had this on a vectra - it turned out that the pads on that side where more worn on the inside than the outside. When you loaded the steering the backing material would grind as the disk flexed.