Name : Michael Age : 40 Location : Buffalo N.Y. Joined : 2008-08-02Post Count : 178 Merit : 0
Subject: weird drone Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:09 am
I was heading home yesterday, It was nice in buffalo so i let the windows down, and immediately noticed that when i was braking there was a loud low pitched hum coming from what suspect was the rear of the car. Anyone experience this, or have any Idea what it could be?
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Name : Aaron Age : 47 Location : C-bus, Ohio Joined : 2007-01-13Post Count : 18452 Merit : 252
Subject: Re: weird drone Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:01 am
Is it just drone, or is it vibration?
Could be a front hub/bearing. See if you can make the same noise by turning the car hard around a corner left or right (without braking) at cruising speed.
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Name : Michael Age : 40 Location : Buffalo N.Y. Joined : 2008-08-02Post Count : 178 Merit : 0
Subject: Re: weird drone Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:31 pm
It does do that but rarely, i drove it today to work and the was no noise at all, i get within 100 feet of my front door and it happens again.
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Name : Scott Location : Roswell, GA Joined : 2007-04-02Post Count : 547 Merit : 14
Subject: Re: weird drone Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:33 pm
Could be CV joint.
or you could just roll your windows up!
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Name : Derek Age : 52 Location : Reading, MA Joined : 2007-01-31Post Count : 7717 Merit : 109
Subject: Re: weird drone Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:34 pm
Is your ABS/Trac light on? If so a garage with the appropriate computer can tell you which wheel speed sensor isn't working, which is likely the bad wheel bearing...
otherwise you need to do some careful listening with windows open in a vacant parking lot making some low speed turns and braking experiments until you figure out for sure.
