weird nose in the rear....

mpj76 · 11-07-2005, 08:53 AM

Jack the car up. Put in neutral and make sure the car won't roll. With engine off, take off the wheels and spin each side by hand. This will reassure that the sound isn't coming from out of round drums or out of adjustment brakes. Feel for resistance. Right now, my car has resistance on the driver side wheel and makes a wah wah wah sound that increases with vehicle speed, eventually turning into what feels like out of balance tires at high speed. I think its a bad axle bearing.

~The Jester~ · 11-08-2005, 10:53 PM

Like posted before. The only things you're looking at here are U-joint, diff, or bearing. "Helicopter" noise on one side of the car leads me to belive it's an axle bearing. I'd put money on it. But like the guys already said, there's no reason an 8.8 "goes bad" under normal use. Fluid level has to be low, so we need to find out WHY. Fix the bearing, then fix the "WHY", and you're good to go.

And I'll bet you a donut that the Helicopter is a "COBRA"! hehehehehhe

11-07-2005, 08:53 AM	#1
mpj76 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 158	Re: weird nose in the rear.... Jack the car up. Put in neutral and make sure the car won't roll. With engine off, take off the wheels and spin each side by hand. This will reassure that the sound isn't coming from out of round drums or out of adjustment brakes. Feel for resistance. Right now, my car has resistance on the driver side wheel and makes a wah wah wah sound that increases with vehicle speed, eventually turning into what feels like out of balance tires at high speed. I think its a bad axle bearing. __________________ 91 Coupe: FMS 1 5/8 unqual shorty's, BBK off road X-pipe, Super Duty T5, Pro 5.0 short shifter, 2.73 rear, G3 alt, MSD coil, dist, no smog pump, oil cooler, 195K miles, 14 deg timing, 23 mpg city/29 mpg highway @ 65 mph.

11-08-2005, 10:53 PM	#2
~The Jester~ Rat Killer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cold ass Ohio Posts: 1,143	Re: weird nose in the rear.... Like posted before. The only things you're looking at here are U-joint, diff, or bearing. "Helicopter" noise on one side of the car leads me to belive it's an axle bearing. I'd put money on it. But like the guys already said, there's no reason an 8.8 "goes bad" under normal use. Fluid level has to be low, so we need to find out WHY. Fix the bearing, then fix the "WHY", and you're good to go. And I'll bet you a donut that the Helicopter is a "COBRA"! hehehehehhe __________________ d-Con Racing "Nothing fancy, just 347 inches of RAT POISON!" MICE need not apply.....

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