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Embarrasing Tale!
04 Sep 2015 18:55 #151328
by mlines
Martin
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
Embarrasing Tale! was created by mlines
In the interests of spreading knowledge I need to come clean on an "issue" tonight.
As part of the gearbox change I thought I was also chasing a collapsed wheel bearing or UJ. The garage also thought that a bearing or UJ had failed when driving to the workshop.
So tonight I jacked the car up and went around every wheel etc and found nothing wrong. Everything seems tight.
The noise seems to be coming from the back of the car.
So I was looking for what it could be and general rummaging around the rear of the car. I lifted the boot carpet and....
hey presto! the Wheel Brace had come out of its plastic wallet and was lying, bare metal to bare metal in the boot!.
Popped it back in its jacket and the noise was gone
So it had me and the garage fooled. Anyway there still is a very small vibration at very, very low speed which could be the UJ binding slightly but the vibration was turned into a significant noise by the wheel brace. Sorted!
(The vibration is really tiny and only at walking pace so I will leave it until it gets worse and shows its hand as to where it is coming from, it might even be resonance in the exhaust)
As part of the gearbox change I thought I was also chasing a collapsed wheel bearing or UJ. The garage also thought that a bearing or UJ had failed when driving to the workshop.
So tonight I jacked the car up and went around every wheel etc and found nothing wrong. Everything seems tight.
The noise seems to be coming from the back of the car.
So I was looking for what it could be and general rummaging around the rear of the car. I lifted the boot carpet and....
hey presto! the Wheel Brace had come out of its plastic wallet and was lying, bare metal to bare metal in the boot!.
Popped it back in its jacket and the noise was gone
So it had me and the garage fooled. Anyway there still is a very small vibration at very, very low speed which could be the UJ binding slightly but the vibration was turned into a significant noise by the wheel brace. Sorted!
(The vibration is really tiny and only at walking pace so I will leave it until it gets worse and shows its hand as to where it is coming from, it might even be resonance in the exhaust)
Martin
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
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04 Sep 2015 19:28 #151330
by gilburton
I started off high and worked my way down ever since
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Those pesky gremlins get everywhere :laugh:
I started off high and worked my way down ever since
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05 Sep 2015 17:14 #151377
by helijohn
When I asked for help about a maddening knocking noise a few moths back one of the first suggestions mad was to look for something like a kid's toy floating around in the jack's storage hole. :whistle: Too easy but it was the dampers in my case.
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mlines wrote: I lifted the boot carpet and....
hey presto! the Wheel Brace had come out of its plastic wallet and was lying, bare metal to bare metal in the boot!.
Popped it back in its jacket and the noise was gone
When I asked for help about a maddening knocking noise a few moths back one of the first suggestions mad was to look for something like a kid's toy floating around in the jack's storage hole. :whistle: Too easy but it was the dampers in my case.
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05 Sep 2015 20:42 #151393
by mc_nebula
Replied by mc_nebula on topic Embarrasing Tale!
I had a simmilar noise and solution last year. Phew, I thought.
Currently I do have a bit of rear wheel bearing noise though
Currently I do have a bit of rear wheel bearing noise though
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