Jack up the front side of the car and wiggle the wheel, smack the wheel with the palm of your hand, etc. Check for play when you have your hands at the top/bottom of the wheel, and when you have your hands on the left/right of the wheel.
On Sat, 10 May 2003, Adam Frank wrote: > OMFG!! THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT MY GLI IS DOING RIGHT NOW AS WELL!! > PLEASE! if any of you know what this is, I need to know. I stopped driving > the car when this sound started, I thought I had cracked a CV joint. If im > wrong, I love to know what is causing this sound and what broke. Its even > coming from then same side as Marks. > > Thanks! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Reda" <[email protected]> > To: "a2list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 6:15 AM > Subject: [a2-16v-list] Front End Problem > > > Last night while driving I noticed a slight "Thump" sound from the front, > driver's side. > As I drove further the occasional "Thump" became more frequent and seemed to > occur when I was decellerating (without braking), or began to brake. > > The thump sounded similar to when the disk-style bushing on the front > control arm was worn so bad that the control arm banged up against the > underside of the car on acceleration. > > I was in a bumpy parking lot making a few right turns and the thump became > very pernounced and constant. > > Could this be a wheel bearing problem or a CV joint problem? > 2 years ago I replaced the tie-rod ends and ball joints with TRW (VW OEM) > parts. > > Thanks, > Mark Reda. > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. >
