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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: Sam on 21 October 2009, 12:49
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When turning right i get a classic 'duk duk duk duk duk' from the drivers side front wheel. Is this the wheel bearing of could it be a driveshaft issue??
Muchoes grasias
SAM :smiley:
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CV joint. Bearings will rumble. CV joints clack.
CV joints are easier to change than wheel bearings too. Only slightly more messy!
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CV joint. Bearings will rumble. CV joints clack.
Right gonna sound like a dickhead hear but.. cv joint?
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CV joint. Bearings will rumble. CV joints clack.
Right gonna sound like a dickhead hear but.. cv joint?
Constant velocity joint. It is like a universal joint that allows the wheels be driven whilst in a turn. Its a complicated version of the universal joint in your tool box socket set.
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CV joint. Bearings will rumble. CV joints clack.
Right gonna sound like a dickhead hear but.. cv joint?
Constant velocity joint. It is like a universal joint that allows the wheels be driven whilst in a turn. Its a complicated version of the universal joint in your tool box socket set.
Yer i did my usual of not acually looking it up. As soon as i ebayed it i knew where it goes. So youze thinking this is my problem? My mates CRX was clicking and he did the drive shaft and it still clicked and wished he had chosen to do the wheel bearing.. so in theory could his problem also be the cv joint??
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Clicking will deffo be the CV joint, my MKII needs one doing as it's satarted to click on full lock. Wheel bearings will rumble no matter whether your turning or going straight.
Nick
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As DPB said, wheel bearings whir when loaded (not when moving slow/stationary), CVs clunk.
I wrote up a diagnosis guide a while back, do a search.
Edit: I saved you the grief. http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=104304.msg892218#msg892218
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Sorry to continue to sound like a bell but with your guide ben, does the same apply to cv joints as wheel bearings e.g turning left n click its the right one and visa versa
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Sorry to continue to sound like a bell but with your guide ben, does the same apply to cv joints as wheel bearings e.g turning left n click its the right one and visa versa
The wheel that turns the tightest, ie, if you are turning left, the left wheel will turn the tightest, is most likely to click if the CV joint has gone. So if there is a clicking noise in one direction and not the other, usually, you would go for the wheel that corresponds to the direction of the turn.
Bearings will just rumble which ever way you turn, even more so under heavy braking.
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Are mk2 front wheel bearings easy to replace at home or is it a hydraulic press in/ press out job?
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Its an easy job, but you need a press.
You can get the housing off in about 20 minutes, then remove the circlip at the back, push the hub out, remove the other circlip, push the bearing out. Then if you are unlucky (like me) tap the old race off the hub with a big hammer and chisel (without touching the hub!).
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it seems to be more so when i turn left but it feels and sounds like its comming from the right... could this be true or am i just sh!t
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Typical wheel bearing, turn left, load up the right - whine.
Knocking at the front could be a few things. Make sure the suspension strut bolts are tight, all 4 ball joint bolts, wheel nuts and hub nut.
Track rod ends
When you hear a knock when wiggling the steering wheel when stationary. If the car is jacked up, its not as obvious to find.
Wheel bearing
Turn a corner at speed (40 mph), if you are turning left and you hear a noise - its the right wheel bearing, turning right and its your left wheel bearing.
Jack the car up, grab it left and right and wiggle it and check for play. If there's play and a noise as above, odds are its a wheel bearing.
Ball Joint
Grab the wheel top and bottom and wiggle, have a friend with a torch look at the ball joint when wiggling and the play is pretty obvious.
CV Joint
Knocking/grinding at low speeds
Top Mounts
No idea, I guess I'd find out by process of elimination from the above?
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Typical wheel bearing, turn left, load up the right - whine.
Not in all cases, the bearing is a double so depending whether it is the inner or outer race that is damaged you can get the opposite effect, the noise it is often more dependant on the direction of the lateral load on the bearing rather than the vertical load.
This does sound like a classic CV joint problem, I've never heard a bearing click or clunk, they usually drone and the pitch of the drone gets higher as road speed increases. Worth just checking that the nut on the end of the shaft is tight, if loose it can let the shaft splines wobble in the hub.
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This does sound like a classic CV joint problem, I've never heard a bearing click or clunk, they usually drone and the pitch of the drone gets higher as road speed increases. Worth just checking that the nut on the end of the shaft is tight, if loose it can let the shaft splines wobble in the hub.
Lol, ignore me, I didn't even read the first page of the post, I just saw "change wheel bearing" at the top and someone moan about noise.
Wheel bearings don't usually clunk ;)
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what yall recon to this?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-CV-JOINT-VOLKSWAGEN-GOLF-MK2-1-8-2-0-1984-1993_W0QQitemZ260477421267QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item3ca5aa06d3
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I would imagine a 2nd hand genuine shaft + cv would last longer.
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I would imagine a 2nd hand genuine shaft + cv would last longer.
Ok cool and there the same throughout the range arent they? There is a scrappy near me with only one mk2... driver mebs? and it still had both cvs in..
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Got a quote for a full drive shaft for £45 from vwaudibreakers.co.uk, is this price any good and more importantly are they any good?
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http://shop.vws.me.uk/vw-golf-mk2-driveshaft-469-p.asp
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http://shop.vws.me.uk/vw-golf-mk2-driveshaft-469-p.asp
Ha so no not really then lol
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Well just had its jacked up and the front wheel of and to say there is a little play is an understatement.. but at least now i know what the problem is fo sho and can get it sorted! Thanks for all the help guys in this long and tedious thread!!
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Right, finding a full drive shaft is prooving to be a right pain in the nads!! so im just gonna do the cv. Im presuming it will be the outer cv that has gone yes?? :grin:
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Right, finding a full drive shaft is prooving to be a right pain in the nads!! so im just gonna do the cv. Im presuming it will be the outer cv that has gone yes?? :grin:
Probably.
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Merci!!
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This any good?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-GOLF-MK2-GTI-CORRADO-G60-OUTER-CV-JOINT-KIT-C272_W0QQitemZ200269854202QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item2ea10375fa
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Well it specifies your car so it should be OK. But he did add this too!
IF YOU ARE NOT SURE THIS IS RIGHT FOR YOUR CAR PLEASE PHONE SPENCER ON
01622 685308 OR 01622 677662 (ITEM NUMBER C272)
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Well it specifies your car so it should be OK. But he did add this too!
IF YOU ARE NOT SURE THIS IS RIGHT FOR YOUR CAR PLEASE PHONE SPENCER ON
01622 685308 OR 01622 677662 (ITEM NUMBER C272)
Yer i saw that sorry, but i got bigger fish to fry at the min. One of my spax coilovers has committed
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with wheel bareings do the sensible thing, if you suspect one of failing CHANGE BOTH. the other will be folling fate shortly.
same goes for CV joints, if one outer has gone the other outer joint will follow ( unless it's die due to lack of grease from a split boot ) in whitch case change the boot on the other.
imo doing things that way and it saves money and effort