I have a VW golf TDi 01. When i drive on the motorway i get a rubbing sound coming from the right hand side of the car when i steer left. I only have to do a gentle left to get the rubbing but when i drive straight or turn right, its fine. Also when i brake at any speeds, i get a severe shaking from the steering column and hence through the wheel. Im pretty sure its the front right wheel as that went bald alot quicker then the others. Also recently i have noticed that something is wrong with my front right suspension. Over any bumps it makes a concerning noise. When i shake the car up and down it makes a sounds like im rubbing metal on metal? Could it be this causing the rubbing and braking? I have look at other solutions and people say it mite be a rotor arm or something. I have replaced the discs and the tires etc but still does it. Please can anyone offer suggestions as to the problem please? Thanks
2006-09-07 22:23:40 · 21 answers · asked by Gareth C 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
There's a problem with your suspension. Or there's something jammed up in behind the wheel.
Any minor bumps and the wheel is hitting something making a scraping noise and taking off tread.
It could be something as simple as the wheel arch liner has come loose and is fouling the wheel, but you need to get the wheel off and ave a look.
CV Boots and wheel bearings won't effect tyre tread. An out of alignment wheel or something rubbing will however.
Get yourself into Kwik Fit (or similar) and ask them to have a look. They'll probably do it for free.
2006-09-07 22:34:48 · answer #1 · answered by wally_zebon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shock absorbers, front wheel bearings,cv joints or bushes, wheel alignment, wheel balance to mention a few possibilities.
Whatever it is it sounds serious and the car is certainly not fit for the road.
Would suggest you have it checked urgently before you have an accident in it.
2006-09-09 22:37:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thing your car may have been in an accident at some stage.
Do what everyone else has to do and take it to a garage. Golf suspension noises can be... Anti roll bar bushes, anti roll bar drop links, Upper front shock bearings & bushes, Bottom arm bushes,,, The list goes on....
2006-09-08 09:03:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like your front CV joint is going. The best way to tell is to drive slowly around in a circle at full lock. If you get a click, click, click you have a problem. Under braking you are also suffering from the same problem
2006-09-07 22:33:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like your right front wishbone / arm rear bush has gone, I have experience with Skoda Octavias which are a similar set up and have repaired quite a few of these bushes and they can cause severe brake shuddering. Good luck.
2006-09-08 07:53:33 · answer #5 · answered by pink_sarena 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need some new brakes and new rotors..and you need to check your alignment too..and check your rack and pinion gear..and your axles and your boots..it could be one or more of these problems.
it's likely to be off centered.
the noises you hear during the bumps are probably due to a lousy spring/shock set up..i don't think your bushings are going out but you should get those checked out in any case.
2006-09-07 22:29:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No-squeak spray stuff would not continuously artwork, and at the same time as it does artwork it would not artwork for lengthy. you want to adhere to the paste kind compound on the again of the brake pads before you positioned them contained in the calipers and do not go away off the brake pad shims. Slick rotors ought to groan until eventually the pads seat in each and each and every of the grooves last from the former pads.
2016-11-06 21:34:13 · answer #7 · answered by derival 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be the brake pad on the wheel, but to know with any kind o certainty you have to take it to a mechanic
2006-09-07 22:27:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like wheel bearings and maybe cv boots. go get it fixed as it will only get worse. shaking under breaking is probably due to your wheels not being balanced. get yourself to a garage you're probably looking at a couple of hundred quid.
2006-09-07 22:30:05 · answer #9 · answered by neogriff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get someone to check out your lower arm suspension bushes. made me laugh with people saying cv boot- the cv boot is just a piece of rubber that covers and protects the cv joint- all it does is stop dirt getting into and grease getting out of the cv joint, and besides i doubt that would have gone on a car that not very old.
2006-09-07 23:02:23 · answer #10 · answered by Jason S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋