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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: mani12354 on 09 March 2011, 09:25
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Hi,
Does anyone know what could be the possible faults.... when i lock my wheel or turn it keeps touching the timing belt :shocked:
Cheers.
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Very odd.
My guess would be the tracking has been adjusted too much on that side, so you have more lock if that makes sense.
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blimey thats seriously out of whack! on mine when it was out i could touch the inner arch with the wheel.
look at your track rod ends, measure the thread visible on both sides. try to even it out if there's less thread visible on one side and see how you get on
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Or maybe something is seriously bent?
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A picture may help :smiley:
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Thing is it proper like grinding nose when u lock the wheel or when u turn to locking it n u can hear the timing belt! :shocked:
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@ Cobalt haha dont worry when i see you on friday i will show you what i mean! :rolleyes:
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I still think you must have major suspension or steering damage.
Get a pic up if you can :smiley:
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Is it 100% touching the cam belt or do you mean alt belt as the cambelt is behind a cover.
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@ wayne it like as soon as you lock it u can hear it grinding against the belt!
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@ wayne it like as soon as you lock it u can hear it grinding against the belt!
Have a good look where it is touching and try and take some pictures.
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Sounds to me like its the power steering pump whirring on full lock to be honest, for a wheel to touch any belts (timing or auxillary) its have to be at a 90 degree angle and go through the chassis first!
If its a whirring grinding noise i bet its the p/steering pump. Check your power steering fluid first. (the black reservoir next to the battery in case you werent sure).
If the fluids ok it may be a buggered pump.
Ask a local mechanic to confirm it for you :cool:
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Sounds to me like its the power steering pump whirring on full lock to be honest, for a wheel to touch any belts (timing or auxillary) its have to be at a 90 degree angle and go through the chassis first!
If its a whirring grinding noise i bet its the p/steering pump. Check your power steering fluid first. (the black reservoir next to the battery in case you werent sure).
If the fluids ok it may be a buggered pump.
Ask a local mechanic to confirm it for you :cool:
+1 i get this noise when i full lock, its the power steering pump making the hissing/grinding noise!!
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:shocked: that would have to be crazy bent to touch anything like that!
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it's f**ked. scrap it and thankyou for provideing another enginne donour :laugh:
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Sounds to me like its the power steering pump whirring on full lock to be honest, for a wheel to touch any belts (timing or auxillary) its have to be at a 90 degree angle and go through the chassis first!
If its a whirring grinding noise i bet its the p/steering pump. Check your power steering fluid first. (the black reservoir next to the battery in case you werent sure).
If the fluids ok it may be a buggered pump.
Ask a local mechanic to confirm it for you :cool:
I secound this.
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Im also struggling to comprehend the wheel turning enough to actually touch the cambelt through the chassis leg, power steering belt and cambelt cover and then for it even be a plausible question that you car is damaged or something isn't quite right??? :huh:
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This has to be power steering sound.
Spose thinking about it when I have my car on full lock the I push lock abit harder spose that sound does sound like something touching a moving belt.
Unless you can actuly see the wheel somehow touching the belt then I'd say its defo the power steering sound.
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power steering makes that sound when there's the fluid is low or your pump is fubared.
new pump is £72 plus vat from gsf. takes about an hour each way to change