Whirring noise from Rear of car

[golfwannabe]

Hi,

Got a 97 8v GTI. Basically I've had the car since Jan and have got the most annoying problem imaginable!!

When I bought the car I could hear a whirring noise from the rear of the car whilst on test drive - the guy i was buying it off said that the Wheel bearings could do with being replaced and that he had bought a pair of them but hadn't got round to fitting them - he then said that he had taken it to a loal garage and that they couldn't find any fault with either rear bearings, the mechanic said it was possibly tyre noise.

However I bought the car and travelled home, booked it in at my local VW specialist and asked for both bearings to be replaced - the mechanic replaced them both and one of my abs sensors at the same time., however, the car still retained the noise, the mechanic then said it could be tyre noise (2 mechanics saying this now) Anyway I thought I'd really pay attention to the noise(s) and try to work out when and what exactly it did.

I've worked out that no way can it be tyre noise as sometimes when i'm coming to a stop and turning it almost feels like its rubbing and I can feel slight vibrations in my seat. I have also realised that my brakes are always making a slight whirr noise when I brake. The noise is also relative to speed,i.e the faster the speed the faster the noise, the slower the speed the slower and more distinct the noise.

I've heard that drive shafts can cause noises and vibrations like this - is this likely? The noise is really pissing me off now and is starting to spoil the car that I love. Any ideas? Could it just be a simple binding brake? I would have thought the mechanic would have noticed that whilst the wheels were off when doing the bearings?

Sorry for the long pot.

cheers

[davero]

My guess would have been binding brakes, the rear brakes on MK3's are notorious for this. But it is only a guess

[kells]

what dave said

mine did this too, new caliper later and all is well

BTW how fit is cheryl tweedy..

[boneybradley]

BTW how fit is cheryl tweedy..

W.T.F?? 

[RiCHiE360]

BTW how fit is cheryl tweedy..

W.T.F?? 

Watchin Xfactor kells??

The brunette bird form botlon who they had a big song and dance about is my birds sister 

Defo siezed caliper btw 

[golfwannabe]

cheers for the replies!!

is there anyway of freeing this caliper up - don't know much about brakes etc

[kells]

BTW how fit is cheryl tweedy..

W.T.F?? 

Watchin Xfactor kells??

The brunette bird form botlon who they had a big song and dance about is my birds sister 

Defo siezed caliper btw 

you know i love cheryl
and yeah it was on tv hahaha

and wow!!

[kniterider]

if it were me id do the discs/ pads thing first, and get (if not your self) to free off any seizrure in the rear caliper, and copper grease etc, then go from there if symptoms still there then double check wheel bearings before calipers, as ive had this noise various times on mk2/3 gtis and its nearly always funked rear wheel bearing or warped rear disc , but check caliper when changing as they often need copper greasing on the slides etc to keep em happy...

[kells]

it was one of my slides which was siezed as a mo fo, took ages to free the thing!!