noise coming from front drivers side wheel,please help

20th July 2011, 13:20

hi there guys,iv had a noise on the front end of my car for a while now it is on the drivers side.ive changed the drive shaft (brand new) and the noise seemed to have gone for a day or so but guess what its back,iv got a video of the noise,as you can see something looks loose and i dont have a clue what it is,if you can imagine the noise at 70 it is horrendous,help on this would be very much a great help,i thought it may be aloose wishbone and i was going to have a look at the 2 bolt which are located under the carpet but there is some sort of plastic cap under the accelerator pedal which is stopping it from coming up any ideas?lol as you can tell im a newbie.thanks guys

20th July 2011, 13:24

the video is at http://s1221.photobucket.com/albums/...t=MOV_0053.mp4 thanks

20th July 2011, 14:34

wishbone bushes have had it. bushes are cheap on ebay but its far easier to just change the arm at the same time as it saves you messing. plus you can refurb the bushes in the old one afterwards

as for the plastic cap, it should screw out. been a while since i've touched mine

20th July 2011, 15:43

hi there thanks for your reply is it worth trying those bolts under the carpet,and would you definately say its the wishbone bushes.?.its doin my head in lol.thanks

20th July 2011, 19:20

hi there have been looking at the car most of the day and ive stumbled across something,but it may just be me so dont laught if it sounds stupid lol.i have a saxo my self and ive been comparing things to mine,on the picture below it shows underneath my saxo:
http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/.../myownsaxo.jpg
looking at the wishbone ball joint thing it sits quite flat and the pin is flush at the top of hole to which the pin sits,now heres a few pics of my brothers saxo and the ball joint doesnt seem to sit correctly atall.heres the pics:
http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/.../brossaxo1.jpg

http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/.../brossaxo2.jpg

http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/.../brossaxo3.jpg

as you can see on the pics there is a gap between the rubber and the bit the pin goes into on the hub.also where as my saxo the pin sits flat at the top of hole to which the pin goes into on my bros you can put your finger in the hole slightly.im just wondering whether this would cause the problem im having,as i mentioned the driveshaft has been done,does this mean the driveshaft may not be iin properally as the seal seems to be leaking aswell.if this is the case would everything go back together?.any input on this would be great guys im struggling at the mo.cars arent my strong point lol.thanks

21st July 2011, 10:55

anyone?more help would be greatly appreiciated thanks

21st July 2011, 15:10

hi guys been looking at the car today ive found that the driveshaft only has one of the 2 11mm which hold the shaft in the intermediate bearing would this cause the noise from the 1st video,?thanks