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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Jimbob on 21 May 2011, 15:34:06

Title: Wheel bearing?
Post by: Jimbob on 21 May 2011, 15:34:06

Had a drone appear this week.....

Thought it was from the back....but may be wrong.

Topped up the Diff

Topped up the ATF

and the noise persists  :'(

Eases off on a right hand bend....so iirc that makes it the left hand wheel bearing?

And its normally the rears that drone?  no noticable play when I checked the back last night (didnt check the front)

Title: Re: Wheel bearing?
Post by: Osprey on 21 May 2011, 15:57:56

Quote

Had a drone appear this week.....

Thought it was from the back.... but may be wrong.

Topped up the Diff

Topped up the ATF

and the noise persists  :'(

Eases off on a right hand bend....so iirc that makes it the left hand wheel bearing?

And its normally the rears that drone?  no noticable play when I checked the back last night (didnt check the front)

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Sometimes hard to localise wheel bearings from the driver's seat.  Have you tried posting young people with sharp hearing in the rear seat as you scream round bends?  Folding down unused rear seats can also help.

Title: Re: Wheel bearing?
Post by: Lazydocker on 21 May 2011, 16:00:53

If it eases off on right hand bends (loading the n/s suspension) then it's likely to be an offside bearing ;)

[edit]because it's reducing the load on the O/S bearings :y[/edit]

Title: Re: Wheel bearing?
Post by: sport on 21 May 2011, 21:28:12

Hi just had mine done when i turned left it went a bit quieter and it turned out to be the left bearing cost me £200