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Thanks for that. I haven’t had a chance to look under the van again yet but having driven it today for a couple of hours I noticed a couple of things.The wheel bearing whine is just that. As soon as I get up to 40kmh or so and it starts and stays there, even if coasting downhill with the clutch pushed in, and it does alter tone a bit when turning either towards the left or right. I’m fairly sure it’scoming from the front end but maybe also from the back?
The knocking as I pull away and on turning is I’m fairly sure the rattly cv joint on the passenger side drive shaft.
The other noise that I was speaking of did appear several times today. It doesn’t seem to be particularly related to any set speed but I’ve been keeping to a maximum speed of about 80kmh.
It sounds like the rubbing/grinding noise that you get from a sticking brake pad thats jammed on a disk, but it definately stopped when I pressed in the clutch and then started again as I released the clutch. I pressed the brakes at the same time to see if that affected the noise but it didn’t change anything. The noise was lasting for maybe 30seconds to a minute then as I slowed and increased speed a little it seems to ease and stop (till it starts again). I’m wondering if maybe there’s something wrong in the gearbox or clutch? I have heard the noise in both 4th and 5th gears. It is a pretty loud drone when it kicks off.Hi,
Thanks for that. I haven’t had a chance to look under the van again yet but having driven it today for a couple of hours I noticed a couple of things.The wheel bearing whine is just that. As soon as I get up to 40kmh or so and it starts and stays there, even if coasting downhill with the clutch pushed in, and it does alter tone a bit when turning either towards the left or right. I’m fairly sure it’scoming from the front end but maybe also from the back?
The knocking as I pull away and on turning is I’m fairly sure the rattly cv joint on the passenger side drive shaft.
The other noise that I was speaking of did appear several times today. It doesn’t seem to be particularly related to any set speed but I’ve been keeping to a maximum speed of about 80kmh.
It sounds like the rubbing/grinding noise that you get from a sticking brake pad thats jammed on a disk, but it definately stopped when I pressed in the clutch and then started again as I released the clutch. I pressed the brakes at the same time to see if that affected the noise but it didn’t change anything. The noise was lasting for maybe 30seconds to a minute then as I slowed and increased speed a little it seems to ease and stop (till it starts again). I’m wondering if maybe there’s something wrong in the gearbox or clutch? I have heard the noise in both 4th and 5th gears. It is a pretty loud drone when it kicks off.Hello roywrench22,
Thanks for the reply. I may well have a go at trying the draining method if I get a chance over the weekend. As for directly trying to access the bearing, do you think it would be needed to lift out the engine to get to the gearbox? It pretty much much looks that way to me with my very limited knowledge. If so, I don’t think that I have the gear to do that. Could it be possible that the cv joint is grinding and the noise is just travelling along the arm to the differential housing? In your opinion, if the differential bearing is shot is it likely to lead to a sudden failure with the transmission completely packing up at any moment?
Thanks, Henrietta.Hello roywrench22,
Thanks for the reply. I may well have a go at trying the draining method if I get a chance over the weekend. As for directly trying to access the bearing, do you think it would be needed to lift out the engine to get to the gearbox? It pretty much much looks that way to me with my very limited knowledge. If so, I don’t think that I have the gear to do that. Could it be possible that the cv joint is grinding and the noise is just travelling along the arm to the differential housing? In your opinion, if the differential bearing is shot is it likely to lead to a sudden failure with the transmission completely packing up at any moment?
Thanks, Henrietta.