Roley94 Member 114 Member For: 13y 6m 15d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 20/03/13 10:53 AM Posted 20/03/13 10:53 AM Whenever I turn right at low speeds and brake the front left wheel makes a grinding noise and tries to lock up. I jacked the car up and there is no play in the bearings and the brake pads and rotors are fairly new.I have heard that bearings can be bad even with no play and turning right loads up the left wheel, don't know what else might be causing this
nelsonian101 Legacy Donating Member 961 Member For: 18y 3m Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 23/03/13 06:42 AM Posted 23/03/13 06:42 AM Front wheel bearings
Rootster Just a large member member Legacy Donating Member 3,125 Member For: 17y 11m 8d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 23/03/13 06:58 AM Posted 23/03/13 06:58 AM what tyres and rims does it have?
Roley94 Member 114 Member For: 13y 6m 15d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 24/03/13 12:02 PM Author Posted 24/03/13 12:02 PM It has stock rims and normal 17 inch tyres, tyres dont seem to be rubbing on anything and its a harsh metallic sort of grinding noise
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Legacy Donating Member 13,798 Member For: 18y 10m Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 24/03/13 01:46 PM Posted 24/03/13 01:46 PM Take the wheel off and do a visual on the steering components, maybe see if something is rubbing, but I'd be thinking bearings too. Drive carefully!
mat685 Member 32 Member For: 18y 8m 7d Gender: Male Location: central coast Posted 25/03/13 11:35 PM Posted 25/03/13 11:35 PM mine done that when the ball joint was buggered inside of the disc was rubbing
shame Member 104 Member For: 17y 18d Posted 26/03/13 07:54 AM Posted 26/03/13 07:54 AM mine has been doing this at speeds less than 10 klms on almost full lock, I thought it must be something rubbing. guess im doing something over the long weekend now.actually have noticed a bit of friction on take off also.
Muhammad khan New Member 0 Member For: 7y 4m 21d Posted 03/05/19 03:52 PM Posted 03/05/19 03:52 PM Its your ball joint mate
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