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Old 05-24-2011, 11:02 AM
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So coming back from eibach i noticed a weired noise coming from the drivers side quater panel the more i sped up the louder it got . i got up to 90mph and it was loud and got a little shaky
Tires are new, wheels are nice and tight , has new LCa's,new sway bar i cant think of any thing that i ran over. i raised and took both rear tires off and every thing looks normal .
If anyone has had this problem and fixed it LMK
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could be a bad wheel bearing or what happend to me on my del sol is the 2 screws came loose and my rotor was maken noises and did shake a lil bit too. idk if that would help u or not but sounds like one of the 2. James
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Wheel bearing huh? Might be i just installed a set of hawk pads in the rear,and had the rear disks resurfaced. The two srews i will have to check .
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Maybe the wheel threw a weight and is now out of balance.
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Sounds like a wheel bearing to me. Does it get worse when turning right?

I had a bad one go very bad while the camera was running at a race April 30th. It lets loose at 2:40 in this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYDGqSQwXsA
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Originally Posted by GingerGSR
Sounds like a wheel bearing to me. Does it get worse when turning right?

I had a bad one go very bad while the camera was running at a race April 30th. It lets loose at 2:40 in this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYDGqSQwXsA
quite impressive love the fact that you still pushed it until pulling into the pits
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Originally Posted by instructor74
quite impressive love the fact that you still pushed it until pulling into the pits
I 1st thought I had shredded a tire, but it quieted down on the straight and was handling fine. Once I hit the next right-hander it was obvious I was in trouble. I had to stay on the gas because I had a pack behind me wondering WTF? until I could signal I has pitting.

We tore the car apart and determined it was the bearing, but it would be safe to race on the next day. As a precaution we moved it to the right side to reduce the level and duration of the loading it would have to endure. Practice went OK and I was able to finish the race on Sunday.

Both sides were since replaced and I have a new 3rd one as a spare.
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[QUOTE=GingerGSR;45334031]Sounds like a wheel bearing to me. Does it get worse when turning right?

I had a bad one go very bad while the camera was running at a race April 30th. It lets loose at 2:40 in this video...

"thats the same noise" but it only start when i get to 50 -55 mph then it gets louder and shaky . Ok im checking my wheels bearings . one more thing how much do the run wheels bearings go for?
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national (moog brand) bearings are 50$ at advance auto
a free discount will get em around 35-40$

this worked for my front wheel bearing

if your wheel is making the car shake, when traveling at higher speeds, apply the brake pressure, if the rotors been replaced and isnt warped, applying brakes will straighten the wheel out because the caliper is stationary

if doing this rids the vibration, then your bearing is bad
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Originally Posted by RonJ@HT
Maybe the wheel threw a weight and is now out of balance.
I would check this first.
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thanks guys have the car on the lift today checking all possible leads .
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