sisyphus
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Dec 8, 2008
- Location
- Appleton, Maine
- TDI
- 99.5, '01 A4 Jetta sedans, 5 sp box, Hamman mod, Joey mod, Bilsteins, 2.00" lift
This is on my A4 Jetta, 260k+miles.
I was driving home the other day and noticed the tell-tale vibrations of a bad CV joint and found the inner one to be bad by crawling under the car and rocking the front wheel back and forth; I could feel a clicking noise coming from it. I just finished replacing it today; vibration is gone but there's still a loud noise coming from the same wheel.
Some of the racket pre-bad CV joint is still present, but I'm wondering if the bearing is bad. When I begin braking there's a noise that sounds like a propeller from under water, like a swishing noise. In turns at speed I hear a moaning, louder going around right-handers than left. I can't imagine the inner CV joint would have gone bad at the same time, but wheel bearings can sneak up on you.
Could I remove the wheel and check runout with a dial indicator? Or should I just pull the trigger on a front wheel bearing and plan on dealing with that next weekend?
I was driving home the other day and noticed the tell-tale vibrations of a bad CV joint and found the inner one to be bad by crawling under the car and rocking the front wheel back and forth; I could feel a clicking noise coming from it. I just finished replacing it today; vibration is gone but there's still a loud noise coming from the same wheel.
Some of the racket pre-bad CV joint is still present, but I'm wondering if the bearing is bad. When I begin braking there's a noise that sounds like a propeller from under water, like a swishing noise. In turns at speed I hear a moaning, louder going around right-handers than left. I can't imagine the inner CV joint would have gone bad at the same time, but wheel bearings can sneak up on you.
Could I remove the wheel and check runout with a dial indicator? Or should I just pull the trigger on a front wheel bearing and plan on dealing with that next weekend?