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jimhumphries2@hotm
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dreaded cattlegird
« on: Apr 11th, 2007, 12:03pm » |
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i get a rumbling noise from the back passanger side,car has just had a 12 month mot so sorta rules out wheel bearings.ive read the part on the cattlegrid affect and it sounds very much like it .the car is a 2ltr nreg done 98 thou.can any one explain the repair job to a durrrr brain
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Jonnycab
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Re: dreaded cattlegird
« Reply #1 on: Apr 11th, 2007, 12:48pm » |
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If it's only on the rear passenger side & it isn't the wheel bearing, then possibly a drive shaft bearing is at fault ? 
Cattle grid effect, as far as I've read on this site, is down to a torque converter/clutch problem, so it wouldn't be on just one side.....it would feel like the whole drive.
Most MOT testers that I've met wouldn't know a broken wheel bearing if it hit them in the face....so don't rule out the wheel bearing.
But then again, a broken wheel bearing will tend to squeak or squeal rather than rumble....so I would deffinately check the driveshaft bearings & possibly the diff....? 
Also, a unevenly worn tyre, unbalanced wheel, or even an out of shape rim can cause a rumble, especially at high speed
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Re: dreaded cattlegird
« Reply #2 on: Apr 16th, 2007, 9:12am » |
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cheers jonny.iguess ur right about mot testers they missed both front flexxy pipes split so ill check wheel bearings
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Re: dreaded cattlegird
« Reply #3 on: Apr 16th, 2007, 9:55am » |
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any one direct me to the driveshaft bearing page? and the diff page
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