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Loud grinding noise from front drivers side wheel area?
So, had a poke around this morning. It does look like the disk backplates may have been the issue. Lots of rust and debris behind them and probably only a 3mm clearance. Bent both sides back a little and gave them a clean with a wire brush. The problem seems to have disappeared but I'll hold my breath until I've covered a few more miles.
Thanks chums for all the replies, It really helped me narrow down the issue!
An elderly neighbour of mine got into a bit of a twist about a horrendous noise from her car - turned out it was a piece of grit too. Its more common than you'd think - particularly as they waste taxpayers money gritting roads these days
Well that didn't fix it. Now that it's happened a few times, the panic has worn off enough for me to do some investigative work. I'm certain that it's something to do with the front drivers side wheel, because:
1.While the noise was present, I slipped the car into neutral and biped the throttle a few times, no change in the tone or volume.
2.When passed by a car on the drivers side the volume greatly increases, which makes me think that it's coming from that wheel arch area due to the amount of sound being 'reflected' back
It's really difficult for me to pinpoint it due to the fact that it's so intermittent. Next course of action, take the disk brake assembly off and have a proper clean. If that fails, it's off to the garage to have it looked at by a grown-up.
Bit gutted as had a trip to Delamere Forest planned for tomorrow. Looks like we'll be taking the wife's car instead ಠ_ಠ
I KNOW you said it sounds like it's coming from the front.
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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
So, It's been a few weeks now and I've still not got to the bottom of the issue. I did take the front brake assembly apart and all seemed fine, cleaned it up and put it all back together but the problem remained.
I've checked all 4 wheels for play and the bearings seem fine.
One thing I failed to mention is that pretty much as soon as I picked the Jim up, I changed the tyres out for a set of 195/80/15 AT tyres. I've checked to see if these are fowling anywhere but can't see any evidence. Trawling through the forum it doesn't look like anyone has had any issues with 195/80/15s and body contact before so I initially ruled this out. To my ear the noise doesn't sound like rubber contacting with plastic but I could be wrong.
I decided to install my cheapo dashcam this week so I could get some video evidence. It's not the best quality so apologies for that.
As you can see from the video, the noise goes once I come to an almost complete stop, there is also a bit of a 'clunk' as if something re-seats/releases. Anyone have any ideas?
