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Offline Al1040

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Re: Droning noise at 70mph...
« Reply #10 on: 16 September 2020, 15:40 »
I also had a wheel bearing replace albeit as c. 35k miles for similar noise.  :sad:
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Re: Droning noise at 70mph...
« Reply #11 on: 17 September 2020, 10:03 »
Money on its a bearing  :wink:
I also had my alignment done and checked for bearing play and noise (there wasn`t any) but still proved to be the nsf wheel bearing. :smiley:
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Re: Droning noise at 70mph...
« Reply #12 on: 17 September 2020, 17:31 »
Hi Dave
I jacked up each corner of the car this morning and checked for play, movement and noise on each wheel to try and eliminate if it was a wheel bearing issue but nothing noticeable at all....how did you know it was a nsf wheel bearing issue in the end?
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Re: Droning noise at 70mph...
« Reply #13 on: 18 September 2020, 11:29 »
As I said there was no play or anything so thinking it must be the tyres I put on some PS4s, no change but the sound quickly progressed to an unmistakable racket coming from the front at 65 and slowing down.
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Re: Droning noise at 70mph...
« Reply #14 on: 18 September 2020, 12:18 »
Ok so I’ve just got back from the wheel alignment specialist who were very knowledgeable and knew about certain golf’s having issues whereby if you go by the recommended factory setting for rear camber it will cause the sawtooth issue on your tyres...apparently VW wont say which cars are affected and it’s not across the entire range.

To that extent the rear camber was aligned as close to the -1 15’ setting as possible (I’ll try and add the Hunter readout) which will reduce/stop the tyres developing the sawtooth pattern going forward however....because my tyres already have this sawtooth pattern it will not totally eliminate the problem.

He also believed the previous owner had swapped fronts to backs due to the wear on the tyres which didn’t help either...

What I can say is the droning noise at 70 is noticeable but not as bad.

I know I need a new set of tyres to cure the issue however I go on the motorway one or twice a month so it’s not a big issue at the moment.

The garage was called A line based in Dudley and I’d highly recommend them with the full toe and camber alignment at £65.

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Re: Droning noise at 70mph...
« Reply #15 on: 18 September 2020, 12:47 »
Sawtooth and camber have been talked about a lot on here, for example:

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=280913.0

As I said earlier, I had it on my Mk7, but it was only noticeable at sub 40mph - definitely sawtooth though, but I go 60k out of those rears before sawtooth ate them.... and the rest of the tyre still had life!
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Re: Droning noise at 70mph...
« Reply #16 on: 18 September 2020, 13:44 »
Wow...60k that’s good going  :wink:

As you said in the 2017 post it’s annoying more than anything else and as I’ve got 7mm left on the rears I can live with it for now.

Thanks to everyone for their help and advice.

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Re: Droning noise at 70mph...
« Reply #17 on: 18 September 2020, 16:05 »
Good result Darren  :smiley:
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Re: Droning noise at 70mph...
« Reply #18 on: 17 May 2021, 09:56 »
Ok so I’ve just got back from the wheel alignment specialist who were very knowledgeable and knew about certain golf’s having issues whereby if you go by the recommended factory setting for rear camber it will cause the sawtooth issue on your tyres...apparently VW wont say which cars are affected and it’s not across the entire range.

To that extent the rear camber was aligned as close to the -1 15’ setting as possible (I’ll try and add the Hunter readout) which will reduce/stop the tyres developing the sawtooth pattern going forward however....because my tyres already have this sawtooth pattern it will not totally eliminate the problem.

He also believed the previous owner had swapped fronts to backs due to the wear on the tyres which didn’t help either...

What I can say is the droning noise at 70 is noticeable but not as bad.

I know I need a new set of tyres to cure the issue however I go on the motorway one or twice a month so it’s not a big issue at the moment.

The garage was called A line based in Dudley and I’d highly recommend them with the full toe and camber alignment at £65.

Cheers

Hi did you fit new tires and did it solve the droning problem finally.

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Re: Droning noise at 70mph...
« Reply #19 on: 17 May 2021, 10:05 »
New rears is probably the only way of fixing the noise - its just a Mk7 Golf thing.

The rear of a Mk7 hatch is super light, you won't use up the tyres before the saw tooth gets them.

Just swap them out... or if you want to be totally @nal about it.... when you front tyres are shot, get new ones and stick them on the rear. Move the rears to the front.

Putting the newest rubber on the rear isn't actually such a bad idea anyway.

I was getting about 14k from the fronts and as I said, the rears more like 60k. Rotating the tyres like I suggest will mean you'll never develop the drone.
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