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[megaelite]

basicly i have a noise from the driver side that sounds like the cv joint is stuffed, someone has told me that omegas dont have cv joints as there is no drive shaft, help im lost

[Andy B]

basicly i have a noise from the driver side that sounds like the cv joint is stuffed, someone has told me that omegas dont have cv joints as there is no drive shaft, help im lost

Hi, welcome to the forum
An Omega does have drive shafts, otherwise how woul it move, but as an Omega is REAR wheel drive, they are at the back, not the front.
Might it be a wheel bearing?   

[megaelite]

basicly i have a noise from the driver side that sounds like the cv joint is stuffed, someone has told me that omegas dont have cv joints as there is no drive shaft, help im lost

Hi, welcome to the forum
An Omega does have drive shafts, otherwise how woul it move, but as an Omega is REAR wheel drive, they are at the back, not the front.
Might it be a wheel bearing?   

thanks, although i have been here a while just never posted lol, i know they have drive shafts/cv joints at the rear but i stupidly thought they had a cv joint of sorts at the front lol, i never thought of a wheel bearing because its only when i turn the wheel to the right and not while driving straight and there is no noise like a wheel bearing noise,(humming noise),

[Andy B]

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they had a cv joint of sorts at the front lol, ......

they have a bottom ball joint, but that wouldn't a bearing (ha ha) on noises when driving. 

[Kevin Wood]

Welcome to the forum.

What type of noise are we talking about here? Is it a rumbling, perhaps accompanied by vibration through the steering / chassis, or a squeal, or something else?

Is it always there, only a certain speeds, only when braking or only when not braking? Is it influenced by turning?

First thing to check would be tyre condition and pressure and wheel nuts for tightness, if you haven't already done so.

[trainmanone]

hi there, had same type of thing withe mine last week,turnd out to be rear brake pads on drivers side kaput,so now have new pads and disc`s all round

id did sound when driving as though cooming from front but was rear drivers side

pete 

[megaelite]

the noise is like a cv joint cracking, its not there when driving unless i turn to the right, if im driving straight its quiet, those that have had a front wheel drive car with a fubar cv joint will know the noise i mean

[The Red Baron]

the noise is like a cv joint cracking, its not there when driving unless i turn to the right, if im driving straight its quiet, those that have had a front wheel drive car with a fubar cv joint will know the noise i mean

not when you turn hard left?.
just wondering about power steer pump on its last legs. 

[SIR Philbutt]

Track rod or track rod end ? - worth a look. Get up in air and give it a wiggle (wiggle wiggle wiggle  )