Perhaps the drive shaft center bearing? On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Troubleshooting challenge! > > The car: 1985 W123 300TD (wagon) > > The problem: A noise that sounds a lot like a noisy, > big-lugged tire. It is faster than a tire-speed > noise, so it's not a stone in the tire, etc. > > Details: The noise showed up a 1500 miles ago - very faint. > I didn't worry about it. About 200 miles ago it started > getting louder. > > Neither my passengers nor I could hear the sound outside the > car. (running next to the car or hanging out the window). > > The sound quits when the brakes are moderately > applied. (moderate meaning. "a bit brisker than I usually use > to approach a known stop sign, not not so agressive it > startles any of my passengers") > > The sound quits when making a moderate right turn. Seems to be > g-load rather than steering angle related, but I'm not sure. > > I put the car on blocks so the back wheels where off the > ground. I did not hear the sound. > > I looked at the front right (starboard) outer wheel > bearing. It look okay, but I was in a hotel parking lot so I > didn't look super closely. > > Any clever ideas where to dig next? > > Because it didn't show up when the back wheel where off the > ground _and_ it is influenced by braking and turning, I'm > thinking it has to be at the wheels.... > > Maybe? > > -- Philip > > > -- > OK Don > Pair of W124 300D 2.5 Turbos > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090715/611bac91/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
