EeyoreDavey
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Background, feel free to read, sorry if I'm just ranting:
So as of about a week ago I noticed a popping sound coming from the front left while turning my wheel even when stopped. Looked it up and it sounded from the location and the fact that I felt no different driving my car that it was the strut bearing. Waiting for warmer weather, yesterday it started to rattle bad while going over bumps on the road and I figured that either the bearing was pretty much gone or my shock broke. Again, driving at all speeds there was no difference to the driving of my car. I felt nothing in the pedals, not weird vibrations at any speed, nothing in my steering wheel. I didn't have time so I took it to a local place that I've heard another guy likes to take his TDI, they were able to get the struts today and get them in this afternoon. I go to pick it up, and they said that the mechanic wasn't happy with the test drive and there was a bad shake after 20mph so I came back a couple hours later at closing. Well, after checking everything over again, they found out I had a bent hub, said that they put it up on the hoist and did a run-out test and found that it was off. I asked them how in the world I could bring in a car that drove just fine at 70mph with a bad strut and not notice this and they just told me that there's nothing they could've done.
Ok so issue: I get a bad shake starting at about 20mph and it definitely speeds up with speed, and while it "deadens" when I let off the accelerator, it does not go away. It's hard to explain, but it's sorta like a side to side shake, like I can feel my right leg hit my center console over and over. So I bought a hub tonight and I'll be taking it to my Grandpa's tomorrow since I don't really feel like going back to these guys again. Just wondering if anyone thinks it could actually be the bearing, I've honestly never heard of that before. I've tried a lot of searching this forum, google, etc and I can't seem to find anyone with a shake like this that ended up being a hub. A few people had bent rims, but that was the closest I saw.
Side not, I mentioned to the guy it's too bad we didn't know when the hub was away from the CV Shaft since that'd be easier, and he said that they didn't have to take the CV shaft out to replace the strut. Everywhere I've read/watched earlier this week has shown having to remove the CV shaft from the hub and pull the hub forward in order to pull it down off the strut. So is the guy completely lying to me or is there another way? I figure I'll know tomorrow when I take the hub off.
Sorry for the rant and I appreciate any stories on similar symptoms on things to check. I'll reply back with what I find tomorrow.
So as of about a week ago I noticed a popping sound coming from the front left while turning my wheel even when stopped. Looked it up and it sounded from the location and the fact that I felt no different driving my car that it was the strut bearing. Waiting for warmer weather, yesterday it started to rattle bad while going over bumps on the road and I figured that either the bearing was pretty much gone or my shock broke. Again, driving at all speeds there was no difference to the driving of my car. I felt nothing in the pedals, not weird vibrations at any speed, nothing in my steering wheel. I didn't have time so I took it to a local place that I've heard another guy likes to take his TDI, they were able to get the struts today and get them in this afternoon. I go to pick it up, and they said that the mechanic wasn't happy with the test drive and there was a bad shake after 20mph so I came back a couple hours later at closing. Well, after checking everything over again, they found out I had a bent hub, said that they put it up on the hoist and did a run-out test and found that it was off. I asked them how in the world I could bring in a car that drove just fine at 70mph with a bad strut and not notice this and they just told me that there's nothing they could've done.
Ok so issue: I get a bad shake starting at about 20mph and it definitely speeds up with speed, and while it "deadens" when I let off the accelerator, it does not go away. It's hard to explain, but it's sorta like a side to side shake, like I can feel my right leg hit my center console over and over. So I bought a hub tonight and I'll be taking it to my Grandpa's tomorrow since I don't really feel like going back to these guys again. Just wondering if anyone thinks it could actually be the bearing, I've honestly never heard of that before. I've tried a lot of searching this forum, google, etc and I can't seem to find anyone with a shake like this that ended up being a hub. A few people had bent rims, but that was the closest I saw.
Side not, I mentioned to the guy it's too bad we didn't know when the hub was away from the CV Shaft since that'd be easier, and he said that they didn't have to take the CV shaft out to replace the strut. Everywhere I've read/watched earlier this week has shown having to remove the CV shaft from the hub and pull the hub forward in order to pull it down off the strut. So is the guy completely lying to me or is there another way? I figure I'll know tomorrow when I take the hub off.
Sorry for the rant and I appreciate any stories on similar symptoms on things to check. I'll reply back with what I find tomorrow.