Maff Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Hi! My 2001 Focus 1.6i has started making a noise which gets louder when turning right (not necessarily big turns, just changing motorway lanes does it too). It is also slightly there when driving straight, and the car wants to pull very slightly left. - There is no vibration through the steering wheel. - The tracking has been done fairly recently and the tyres are fairly new and balanced. - There is very slight wear to inner edge right (offside) front wheel. - Stays straight when braking. - Noise increases with speed (at 60 it sounds a bit like a washing machine slowing from its spin cycle) - Both wheels have very slight play side to side (9-3) - The left (nearside) wheel has slight play up and down (12-6) - not particularly visible but I can feel it moving Any ideas as to what this might be? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilburner79 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 I'm thinking wheel bearing or CV joint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitmonster Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Agreed, on your left wheel (which gets loaded with weight as you turn right) Also : excellent information on the symptoms! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maff Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 Cheers guys! Thought as much from reading other posts but usually the information supplied was a bit vague so thought I'd try and get as much detail down as poss. Will check em out tomorrow (yet another christmas eve job!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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