Nope. Totally on my watch - no one else has ever driven the car but me. If I
thought I would have had the time to do the work myself I would have. Crappy
formed steel part was $500 from Ford. Talk about getting boned by the
stealership.
Dan
On Oct 29, 2012, at 10:33 PM, Dimitri Seretakis w
You better believe it. My brother was driving a BMW in college. He and some
friends decided to see how high the car would fly over a hill. The car took up
air and crashed landed Dukes of Hazard style. He cracked the finned cast
aluminum oil pan and lost all oil on the street. Had car towed and t
On Oct 29, 2012, at 8:15 PM, "Dan Penoff" wrote:
> I did have to drop a chunk of change for a rear trailing arm that was bent,
> but I don't consider that a defect or maintenance expense - I must have hit a
> pothole or something really hard and just not realized it.
If you have anyone else t
BT. Wrong.
I have two of them, both well north of 150k and both have been excellent cars
from a operating and maintenance standpoint.
I did have to drop a chunk of change for a rear trailing arm that was bent, but
I don't consider that a defect or maintenance expense - I must have hit a
po
More details after a bit more inspection
Peter Frederick writes:
> Do the normal checks -- straight in and out play at the bearing is the
> bearing
None.
> in and out play on an unloaded (jackstand under the control
> arm) is probably ball joint or maybe loose strut mount bolts.
None
Cv shaft?
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On Oct 28, 2012, at 5:12 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
> Our '03 Focus is making some noise from the front end. More pronounced
> on turns, especially to the right.
>
> I suspected wheel bearings, and there is some side to side slop in the
> driver's side wheel, but no
Peter Frederick writes:
> I'd vote for a wheel bearing. If they are the standard front wheel
> drive type, they are double race ball bearing permanently sealed
> bearing pressed into the steering knuckle with the shaft keyed into
> them and bolted in place. They can growl, but often knock
Tie rod failure is easy to see. If you see the tie rod end hop up and down
when you push and pull and 3 and 9 then its bad. But since it does not
rotate at speed, it is unlikely the noise you are experiencing. But it
could still be bad. It is possible that the CV joint is bad and the tie
rod is
A bad axle will not show looseness, that has to be either a wheel
bearing (brake disk will move in and out with the hub, strut mount
will NOT move) or a bad ball joint.
I'd vote for a wheel bearing. If they are the standard front wheel
drive type, they are double race ball bearing permanen
Just like Mercedes rear axles, front wheel drive CV joints usually don't go bad
until the boot fails, which is easy to see.
If you can produce knocking noise in a tight turn (at wheel lock, try forward
and reverse gears), that is a sure sign of a bad axle.
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300
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Not bearing. CV joint. Pick up a reman axle at the local FLAPS.
Dan
On Oct 28, 2012, at 5:12 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
> Our '03 Focus is making some noise from the front end. More pronounced
> on turns, especially to the right.
>
> I suspected wheel bearings, and there is some side to side s
Rich Thomas writes:
> Does it have struts and CV joints? That would be my suspicion.
Yes. Boots are intact, but I guess that doesn't mean the CV joints are
OK.
Allan
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Does it have struts and CV joints? That would be my suspicion.
--R
On 10/28/12 5:12 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
Our '03 Focus is making some noise from the front end. More pronounced
on turns, especially to the right.
I suspected wheel bearings, and there is some side to side slop in the
driver'
Our '03 Focus is making some noise from the front end. More pronounced
on turns, especially to the right.
I suspected wheel bearings, and there is some side to side slop in the
driver's side wheel, but none top to bottom. When I look at the
movement, the whole knuckle is moving, if it was the be
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