Author Topic: noise when turning left (Read 3755 times)

gundy318 · « **on:** January 25, 2008, 12:08:03 PM »

My car recently started making a juddering/rattling noise when i make left turns. It seems worse when the car is cold and going at low speeds. It never does it when i turn to the right and it sometimes does it lightly when i'm going straight. It sounds like its coming from the rear end. What's weird is if i'm making a left turn and its making the noise pretty bad and i push the clutch in, the noise fades out. Someone on r3v had a similar problem but he said it just went away on its own. Any ideas?

ethirty · « **Reply #1 on:** January 25, 2008, 01:31:53 PM »

i had the same thing going on (minus the clutch), and it was the rear wheel bearings. PITA to do yourself, so i paid 500 to get both done. grab your wheels and shake em hard to see if you can feel or hear any play. just an idea.

gundy318 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 25, 2008, 07:53:56 PM »

thanks for the help. i think it might be goin to the shop soon if i can't figure it out.

gundy318 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 28, 2008, 12:56:08 PM »

so it turns out that at some point when i took the car apart and put it back together again i didn't tighten one of the exhaust support things enough and it was rattling against the exhaust during left turns. I feel pretty stupid but i guess i'm lucky thats all it was.

Spec 2 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 28, 2008, 06:34:16 PM »

Good to hear it was a simple fix.