Rear nearside wheel loud squeaking
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This is a bit of a weird one.
Its also intermittent.
If I get the car warmed up, say 12 miles or so and i take a sudden sharp right hander, or I turn the wheel left and right reasonably hard I get a noise that sounds like I am being persued by a flock of seagulls, the car straightens up and the sound continues for about 15 seconds.
It sounds like its coming from the rear nearside wheel and it always stays at the same speed and volume, although it does sound rotational but it can't be.
Its loud enough to make people turn their heads when it goes past, but as I said always the same duration and volume and intermittent.
Doing my head in.
Any thoughts on this ? I am thinking of working by elimination, maybe a new hub or wheel bearinf=g as two mechanics have looked at it and can't pinpoint it, I took it down to the main dealer also, but it wouldn't perform.....
Its also intermittent.
If I get the car warmed up, say 12 miles or so and i take a sudden sharp right hander, or I turn the wheel left and right reasonably hard I get a noise that sounds like I am being persued by a flock of seagulls, the car straightens up and the sound continues for about 15 seconds.
It sounds like its coming from the rear nearside wheel and it always stays at the same speed and volume, although it does sound rotational but it can't be.
Its loud enough to make people turn their heads when it goes past, but as I said always the same duration and volume and intermittent.
Doing my head in.
Any thoughts on this ? I am thinking of working by elimination, maybe a new hub or wheel bearinf=g as two mechanics have looked at it and can't pinpoint it, I took it down to the main dealer also, but it wouldn't perform.....
It could well be. I did put my comments in there as you can see and having spoken with the mechanic he is thinking that this could be a similar thing, but he's telling me a hub is over £400.00 from Jaguar and may not fix the problem.
It does sound metal on metal and he is saying that he is stripping the hub down and taking a look, if he doesn't find anything then he reckons that we could be into diff territory which won't be cheap.
It does sound metal on metal and he is saying that he is stripping the hub down and taking a look, if he doesn't find anything then he reckons that we could be into diff territory which won't be cheap.
Zippyworld said:
If I get the car warmed up, say 12 miles or so and i take a sudden sharp right hander, or I turn the wheel left and right reasonably hard I get a noise that sounds like I am being persued by a flock of seagulls, the car straightens up and the sound continues for about 15 seconds.
Sounds like a wheel bearing to me on the start of its way outOK when cold but as you say when it gets warm you hear it
Zippyworld said:
It could well be. I did put my comments in there as you can see and having spoken with the mechanic he is thinking that this could be a similar thing, but he's telling me a hub is over £400.00 from Jaguar and may not fix the problem.
It does sound metal on metal and he is saying that he is stripping the hub down and taking a look, if he doesn't find anything then he reckons that we could be into diff territory which won't be cheap.
The problem with mine was that the bearing had failed/was failing and had started to rotate in the hub, this gives the metal on metal squeaking and fIt does sound metal on metal and he is saying that he is stripping the hub down and taking a look, if he doesn't find anything then he reckons that we could be into diff territory which won't be cheap.
ks up the hub bearing surface meaning a new hub is needed. I think mine cost me about £400-£500 TOTAL to get changed out (6 years ago) , and that was a dealer although they were doing cheaper labour rates for older cars.You could buy a second hand hub, must be a lot cheaper from E-bay or similar, and get a new bearing fitted in to that to be doubley sure. But why bother? If the hub checks out well just get your mechanic to wang it on.
Zippyworld said:
I did put my comments in there as you can see and having spoken with the mechanic he is thinking that this could be a similar thing, but he's telling me a hub is over £400.00 from Jaguar and may not fix the problem.
I have some secondhand hubs if that's of interest, email if interestedare you sure its not the rear brakes ?
a mate had similar on his s type
from miles down the road the back of his car was covered in hot and sticky brake dust, ruined his paint, had to have a respray
but the cause was a badly fitted / worn rear pad that did not shwo up and faults other than squealing noise, resolved wiht new set of disks and pads on the back
a mate had similar on his s type
from miles down the road the back of his car was covered in hot and sticky brake dust, ruined his paint, had to have a respray
but the cause was a badly fitted / worn rear pad that did not shwo up and faults other than squealing noise, resolved wiht new set of disks and pads on the back
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