Front end wobble noise
jeffandsara
08-23-2007, 08:54 PM
I have a 2005 Taurus with 52,000 miles. It started making a funny wobble noise in the front end when I hit about 30 to 40 mph. It gets louder when I turn right and goes away when I turn left. I thought it might be an unbalanced or bad tire until yesterday when I purchased 4 new tires and it did not help. Any suggestions would help. Thanks.
shorod
08-23-2007, 11:28 PM
Welcome to the forum!
Sounds like you probably have a bad wheel bearing. It would likely be the left (as you are sitting in the car) front wheel bearing since, during a right turnn more of the load would transition to the left front wheel.
If the wheel bearing is ruled out, then you probably have a bad outer CV joint, but it would be difficult to determine on description rather than hearing the sound which outer CV joint could be the problem.
I'm ruling out a loose wheel since you had new tires installed. Chances the wheels would be loose before and after the tire change is pretty low.
-Rod
Sounds like you probably have a bad wheel bearing. It would likely be the left (as you are sitting in the car) front wheel bearing since, during a right turnn more of the load would transition to the left front wheel.
If the wheel bearing is ruled out, then you probably have a bad outer CV joint, but it would be difficult to determine on description rather than hearing the sound which outer CV joint could be the problem.
I'm ruling out a loose wheel since you had new tires installed. Chances the wheels would be loose before and after the tire change is pretty low.
-Rod
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