A rather alarming knocking has started happening from the front right corner of the car. It becomes noticable at about 60 and loud at 75. A kind of wup wup wup wup that gets faster and faster with the speed of the car. I can feel it through the pedals.
Timing couldn't be worse I'm driving across Europe on Sunday so I have to take it to the dealer asap but what could it be and how will it hurt my wallet
Regards
Dave
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Look carefully at the tyres first, then the driveshaft boots. If you can feel the vibration it's probably the RH driveshaft intermediate bearing - but have a look first to see if the bearing housing has come loose. The fixing of these is a little "casual".
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Cheers FBE
Tyres are brand new and no obvious bulges or anything loose
If it's a bearing is this a big job for a main dealer or am I looking at a cancelled holiday?
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Tightening a loose bearing housing is easy if there is no damage. The bolts have special heads which turn through 90 degrees to lock - check they are correctly located if they have been loose.
Replacing the bearing is a driveshaft out job I'm afraid - not quick or particularly easy. Make sure you know exactly what's loose before any major work is done.
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Did you have the noise before the new tyres. ???? Regards Peter
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"but have a look first to see if the bearing housing has come loose"
Great advice, wrong location it was the under tray, 2 sheared bolts allowing it to buffet in the wind. Problem solved.
Peter the tyres have been on for two weeks and the noise started suddenly yesterday on a dual carriageway. Perhaps I hit something or perhaps they weren't tightened up properly when they replaced the fans last week.
Very grateful and much relieved
Dave
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