I was out testing the new S10 today.
But I have a loud noise in the car, sounds like road noise from the tires, the tires have dry cracks, and the car has been sitting for many years,
I felt the brake discs, the left rear was a little warm,
I think it’s strange that the tires can make so much noise, could it be a bearing or something else?
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Unbalanced tires can do that. bad shocks can contribute as well. check and make sure that it still has sway bar links, they sometimes break or the pads go bad. and the urathane bushings for the sway bars go bad as well.
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Hi Jan, old hard tires can make a real disturbing noise (think military vehicle), but my guess is a wheel bearing.
Does it change when steering right/left? Does it change when accelerating/slowing down?
I remeber my s10 had a whining noise from gearbox, only on second gear i think.
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I’ll check it out, I don’t think it sounds like that, but it sounds very bad and a lot, but I don’t feel any play.
Check out rop 24 on toveks, they are fairly new saws though.
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You were right Göran, it’s probably a bad rear wheel bearing, fixed the brake and went for a ride sounded the same, turned a little right and left, left turn it becomes quiet.
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No no, fixed a new bearing in the left rear, had to make new brake lines over the rear axle, went out and tried it. sounds just as bad now, turns left it goes quiet, starts to sound bad at 50-60 kmh, there was poor oil in the rear axle,
doesn’t sound bad when I spin the wheel at home on the farm, should I change the next side too?
Or could it be from the front?
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My guess would be front.
When you spin the wheel, hold your hand tight on something close to bearing (metallic contact, spindle for example) really get into a “relaxed mode” use combination of your senses, and you will be able to “feel through your ears/hear with your hand” (yes…best way i can explain it) even me with my hearing loss can sense pretty silent bearings this way.
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My guess would be front left by your explanation.
I usually jack the car up, turn the steering to the left if it is on the left hand side and have someone spin the wheel as fast as they can (or if it is on the driven wheels, front or back, jack both sides up and drive on the highest gear) and hold a piece of electric plastic conduit pipe (VP-rör) against the bearing and other side against my ear.
I will try Göran’s way next time.
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jack it up. If it wiggles in the clock positions of 6 and 12, it is the wheel bearing. in 3 and 9 it is typically the ball joints, bushings or other suspension pieces. Most of the time, you can also feel the bearing get stuck and rub if you spin the wheel slowly.
If it makes a noise while braking it is a bearing, if it stops with the brakes on, then it is the brakes.
I assume this doesn’t have a cv joint but if it does, you drive backwards in a circle, and you will hear a clicking noises.
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Many thanks for the tips, I’ll try this next time I get home, I got a repair bearing the first time I ordered for the rear axle, you swap the stuffing box and bearing, so the bearing will sit at the far end, have any of you used one like that?