I thought it was a bad tire so I took the tire off and ran the spare for a drive, but the sound and vibration didn't go away. Now I'm thinking it's a bad wheel bearing. If not that, it's something wrong with the front differential and that will cost me some time and money. I'll keep you all updated.
Anyways look how sexy my two sets of tail lights are.
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Fricking cars man. I went to drive my car yesterday, start her up and the dash is lit up like a Christmas tree. Try to drive, stuck in limp mode. So I put the scanner on and had a look.
hmm thats weird
Maybe it's a wiring fault, let's take a look around.
Somethings been eating my car
!cars kill rats behead rats roundhouse kick a rat into the concrete
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I'm so glad we don't have wire biters here I can go start up car that's been sitting 20years just fine
meanwhile you mfs getting your actively driven vehicles ate out
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thats what you get for not driving japanese shit
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I was split between a Cayman and an NB Miata and I'm so glad I went for the Miata. It was a quarter of the price of a good Cayman, easy and cheap to work on, and so fricking fun to drive. And honestly I'm an absolute psychopath with 150 hp, it's for the best that I never get a real sports car.
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Tighten your wheels neighbor
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They're all torqued to spec, BIPOC.
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Then its bearing or shit on wheels. I doubt its shit.
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I'm not even driving my truck rn its gotten scary it just starts shaking
at first it only happened when braking going downhill like on a bridge
recently it happens randomly at highway speed
i did the upper control arm stuff so it must be lowers
I don't want to get freaky with them springs
but I do want to see this thing make it to 400k so I won't give up on it
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Aren't those RWD?
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Mines RWD-based AWD. Viscous coupling though so not much power goes to the front. It's mostly just for high speed and wet handling.
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I thought it was a boxster
Interesting, I'd actually never thought about how AWD would work on a rear engine car.
Is the sound worse under deceleration? That's when I hear it on my old WRX (which probably needs a new diff). The easiest way for me to repro is to get up to about 20 mph in first and lift off the throttle, but it's there any time I downshift and coast really.
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It's noisy for accel, decel, and coasting. Sound doesn't change except with speed.
There's a lot of noise echoing off the tire so I'm certain it's got to be the wheel bearing. I can also feel it in the steering wheel. I'd think if it were a bearing in the differential it wouldn't vibrate the wheel as much or resonate through all of the bushings to the steering wheel.
I have new bearings coming and a kit to press them in, but I won't be able to work on it until next week.
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I've never done wheel bearings, but I've heard they are a pain in the butt even if you don't have a German sports car. Maybe it's just a matter of using the right tool though.
I can feel my (assumed) diff issue in my steering wheel, but I think it's because the car decelerates weirdly (it kind of oscillates with the wubwubwub). My guess is that if you put it in neutral and still hear it, it's probably not the diff. I'm not just some guy though, don't listen to me.
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Every time I've had a wheel bearing fail, it was a groaning noise around 40mph. Didn't matter the make, model, or drivetrain. RWD r*pevan, FWD Cavalier, FWD Milan, AWD Flex
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Many years ago with steel wheels I had a wubwub while driving, especially when turning. Turned out to be a loose wheel cover.
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