Guys I have this weird noise evertime i take a left. I just bought the car and i put new wheels on. I looked and nothing is touching the wheel or anything its just a weird sound like a grinding noise. The pads look good. Could the rotors be a mess. Any idea's?

thanks anthony

 

Is it a clicking noise? If it only happens when you turn it might be a bad axle.

 

Now its not like a clicking its more like a grinding but definitly no clicking.

 

Check to see if the brake dust shield is rubbing the rotor.

 

damn good idea man. Do i have to take the wheel off?

 

Yeah - it would be much easier to have the wheel off... turn it all the way to the left, take the wheel off and spin the hub by hand and see if you can hear anything... you should be able to bend the shield out of the way if its contacting the rotor.

 

I will try to do this tomorrow. Thanks again man...

 

Maybe you should have looked at things before even posting. You could have answered you own question.

 

my 3rd gen was doing that...it was the plastic wheel well and the tire hitting.

 

i30ds I looked at the possible things but that never came to mind. So thats y I asked. You dont have to comment if you don't like the post.

Erty67 I did check that out and it didnt touch that cover. Thanks for the post tho.

 

my car is doing the same thing, its a metallic grinding, and nothing seems to be rubbing. im going to change the bearing this weekend and see if that fixes it.

 

How can you look at the possible things without even ever taking the wheel off??

 

when he was putting the new wheels on?

only when taking left?... maybe it's your boots like the problem I'm having now.. possibly needing new axle..

 

if its a high pitch grinding....its the power steering...if its a click and a thump..its the axle...also make sure your cv boot isnt ripped and keep us posted

 

Too bad he probably didnt inspect **** when he put his wheels on as he was not aware of any problem at that time...

 

You should probably jack the car up and give the wheels a good tug to make sure its not bearings.. then lower.. loosen bolts and jack her up again to check guards etc

 

I found what the problem was it was the brake shield it had a bend in it. I bent it back and it seams fine. Thanks for the posts guys. Well most of them atleast..

 

 

I think I have the same exact issue with my wheel well liner. I think over the winter I backed out of a snowy bank (which had frozen into rock hard ice) and it caught the liner somehow and ripped the plastic liner off the screws.

I had the car inspected by my mechanic for '06-'07 and he didn't mention it, plus, I hadn't heard any noises until yesterday. Very low grinding noise which would go away and then come back when the road dipped or when I got up to 50-60 mph on the surburan roads I was on.

My question is how difficult is it to replace the wheel well liner? I found the part online and it looks like its about $70 but I think there is some labor involved in taking the bumper off, etc., which I have no experience with.

Could I be wrong and it instead be the right axel itself? The noise is a low grinding / rubbing noise, and it definitely is coming from the front right wheel.

 

I had a similar noise and replacing the bearing fixed it