jxkim

iTrader: (18)

i know the only way to know for sure is to jack the car up and take a look up close. but its cold outside and i rather bring it to a shop. usually i like to buy and parts ahead of time to save money and time. hopefully maybe someone on the org has had a similar problem?

anyways... whenever i make a right turn, on the driver side front wheel i hear a metal scratching noise. it kind of sounds like if you were rubbing metal slightly against a spinning metal disc. the sound volume goes up and down which leads me to believe its something loose?

i have stock rotors, pads, calipers and the 97-99 se 16" rims
i did recently get my suspension reinstalled (had to replace the upper strut bearings)

maximadudeIIs

Did you check the wheel bearings or CV joints?

Snypa

iTrader: (35)

what about that dust sheild..i think thats what its called.But your right...best bet is to jack up and inspect.

Feldman

iTrader: (1)

^+1 on dust shield

pmohr

iTrader: (26)

If it is the dust shield behind the rotor, no need to even jack the car up. Just get a screwdriver and a hammer, bang it back through the spokes in the wheel.

Nopike

iTrader: (2)

I had a similar problem recently, drivers side noise when making a right turn, it ended up being the front sway bar end link. You could hear the noise if you pushed down on the car also. Your problem/noise may be different but that is something to consider.

maximadudeIIs

+1

To the OP, how loud is the "metal scratching noise"?

jxkim

iTrader: (18)

was the noise even similar to the one i described?
and first thing tomorrow morning i will do a simple dust boot check

hopefully its something that simple

Leo_Koneval

iTrader: (4)

This is probably not your case but when I took of one of my wheels to check something when I put it back, I didn't tighten the lug nuts enough and after a while the nuts came loose and whenever I drove the one wheel would make a loud grinding noise. Until I realized that some lug nuts were missing and so I tightened the hell out of the remaining ones and bought new ones and tightened the hell out of those too

Nopike

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[I] It sounded more like a squeaking noise not really metallic. I memtioned it because it was occuring on right turns. It also happened if you pressed down on the front end. Your issue is probably something different but I thought I would mention it just in case.