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Eventually found the cure – it was the left wheel bearing!! There was no play in the bearing and all the garages I took it to said they couldn’t detect the problem. The one small clue was that when I took the drive shaft out of the bearing there was an orange residue on the splines – I think I read something on your website about this indicating a faulting joint or something.
The bearing is now changed and guess what no thudding sound !!Eventually found the cure – it was the left wheel bearing!! There was no play in the bearing and all the garages I took it to said they couldn’t detect the problem. The one small clue was that when I took the drive shaft out of the bearing there was an orange residue on the splines – I think I read something on your website about this indicating a faulting joint or something.
The bearing is now changed and guess what no thudding sound !!I have uploaded the video to YouTube – http://youtu.be/sU0Z7Y6-EQk. My first video so excuse the quality.
I have uploaded the video to YouTube – http://youtu.be/sU0Z7Y6-EQk. My first video so excuse the quality.
I have made a recording of the thudding sound, hopefully you can play it on Windows Media Player. Video picks up thudding noise as car is driven around a large roundabout. When wheel is turned to the right the thudding starts, when it is turned back to left the thudding stops. I did notice that lower level thudding does occur when wheel is also turned to the left but only when turn is sharp.
Hope this helps with diagnosis.I have made a recording of the thudding sound, hopefully you can play it on Windows Media Player. Video picks up thudding noise as car is driven around a large roundabout. When wheel is turned to the right the thudding starts, when it is turned back to left the thudding stops. I did notice that lower level thudding does occur when wheel is also turned to the left but only when turn is sharp.
Hope this helps with diagnosis.Will try to make recording of the sound. It is very obvious and sounds a bit like a flat tyre. Appears to come from right hand front (drivers side).
Have had car on jacks and no obvious wheel wobble when testing wheel bearings but perhaps need to apply more force to see if any ball joints worn.