I have developed a groaning noise almost as if the left
front tire is rubbing when I make a slow turn either right
or left. No sign of any contact between the wheel and the
wheel well. Could wheel the bearing cause such a noise? I
replaced most of the rubber bushings a few months back but
cannot imagine how that could be related. Any ideas?
Dick–
Dick 1964 Series 1 E-type FHC, 1985 XJ6
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In reply to a message from Dick Thigpen sent Mon 21 May 2012:
From your description wheel bearing would be my first assumption.
Easy enough to verify by jacking up the suspect wheel and giving it
a spin. A defective bearing will click or rumble or chirp and it
will feel sticky or gravelly. There may also be some lateral play
evident if you grasp the wheel at 3 and 9 o’clocks and pull and
push the wheel back and forth. Best attended to before the spindle
is involved.–
The original message included these comments:
I have developed a groaning noise almost as if the left
front tire is rubbing when I make a slow turn either right
or left. No sign of any contact between the wheel and the
wheel well. Could wheel the bearing cause such a noise? I
replaced most of the rubber bushings a few months back but
cannot imagine how that could be related. Any ideas?
–
1968 E-type OTS since 1982, 1954 XK120SE OTS since 1991
Ontario, Canada
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Sounds like it, lift the wheel and spin it. Mine did that not long ago. In the old days, you had the option of replacing just the idividual bearing, or both bearing and the 2 races, which was what we did when living paycheck-to-mouth.
Now, I’m so affluent that I can just get in the car, drive into town and eat at a resturant without having to budget it ahead for two weeks.
So, I pulled the wheel, bought both bearings with races and the grease seal, and replaced everything. Parts were about $35. for everything. Now I won’t have to worry about that side of the car for another 100K miles. Lloyd@affluence.com
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From: “Dick Thigpen” thigpenr@erols.com
To: e-type@jag-lovers.org
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 7:21:18 AM
Subject: [E-Type] Rubbing noise left front?
I have developed a groaning noise almost as if the left
front tire is rubbing when I make a slow turn either right
or left. No sign of…
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In reply to a message from Dick Thigpen sent Mon 21 May 2012:
From your description wheel bearing would be my first assumption.
Easy enough to verify by jacking up the suspect wheel and giving it
a spin. A defective bearing will click or rumble or chirp and it
will feel sticky or gravelly. There may also be some lateral play
evident if you grasp the wheel at 3 and 9 o’clocks and pull and
push the wheel back and forth. Best attended to before the spindle
is involved.
–
The original message included these comments:
I have developed a groaning noise almost as if the left
front tire is rubbing when I make a slow turn either right
or left. No sign of any contact between the wheel and the
wheel well. Could wheel the bearing cause such a noise? I
replaced most of the rubber bushings a few months back but
cannot imagine how that could be related. Any ideas?
–
1968 E-type OTS since 1982, 1954 XK120SE OTS since 1991
Ontario, Canada
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