hosser Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 When i drive the car makes a really bad grind-like noise that is coming from the drivers side front tire. I checked the boots and i cant see that anything is wrong with them... could the cv-joint be bad or anyone know what it is? sometimes the sound goes away but usually when i turn the wheel it comes back and stays... anyone got any imput? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoStudd Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 A grinding noise eminating from the front usually spells "brake pads worn down to metal and grinding against the rotor." Take a look at your wheels and see if they have any unusual "metallic" dust on them. That would indicate right there that your brake pads (and now the rotor also) are gone. If the CV joint is on its way out, you'll hear a clicking sound when you make a turn (usually the best time to hear it is when you're accelerating from a stop and taking the turn.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hosser Posted March 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 no its not brakes brand new 3 months ago, and plus there isnt really hard wear or grooves on the rotor itself and i didnt see any chunks. i had a grand am that made the simular noise when i turned and that was after someone smashed it into a curve and bent the control arm, my car has been out of alignment for some time now i just havent had the time to pay the fee's so could that cause anything with it? and say all the grease in the joints somehow leaked out or dicipated would it make a grind noise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoStudd Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 I would suspect the hub/bearing going out then. You say it's been out of alignment for a while, so that may have distorted the "load" on the bearing, causing it to wear improperly. I remember my brother smashed up his Grand Am and drove it around for a couple of years with it out of alignment and it started making a loud thumping noise. Couple months down the line, the whole hub/bearing assembly disintegrated! We figured it was because the car was out of alignment for so many years, it had to have had a negative effect on the hub, cause I've never had one go bad on me before... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamz Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 no its not brakes brand new 3 months ago, and plus there isnt really hard wear or grooves on the rotor itself and i didnt see any chunks. i had a grand am that made the simular noise when i turned and that was after someone smashed it into a curve and bent the control arm, my car has been out of alignment for some time now i just havent had the time to pay the fee's so could that cause anything with it? and say all the grease in the joints somehow leaked out or dicipated would it make a grind noise? Brake pads on my Lumina were done on fall , and had to got them replaced 2 weeks ago cause the galiper seized on one dide , and only one pads used . Had the galiper fixed and the pads replaced , cause i was having the same sound than you . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hosser Posted March 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 so is there anyway to test it really? without taking the whole damn thing off. There are no metal shards and the other side as far as i can tell is not groved.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamz Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 check your brake first by just removing your wheel , and you can test the bearing with some kind of machine they got in alignment shops . they did it this summer on my Sunbird . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hosser Posted March 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 ok so it doesnt sound like cv and if its not brake it could be the bearing... and worse case seniro would be the wheel just falling off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamz Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 you still got a tie rod and a ball joint but ... yeah it could fall ... but takes time . My friend rolled over one year on a bad front bearing on his shadow . The wheel never fell ... but its annoying as hell , it can heat i presume and start a fire or something ... maybe ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hosser Posted March 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 thanks, the boot is solid on the ball joint, and the tie rods are brand new. so that could be it, how much do those go for at -yards and parts stores? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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