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Old Aug 30, 2012 | 10:24 AM
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Just want to verify. I hear a chu chu sound when I turn right go uphill and sometimes just going straight or when the ground is wet. From other threads I read I should suspect the axle. It sounds like it is the driver side and I want to verify that is the one that would make the noise when I turn right.
Old Aug 30, 2012 | 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by bennuss
Just want to verify. I hear a chu chu sound when I turn right go uphill and sometimes just going straight or when the ground is wet. From other threads I read I should suspect the axle. It sounds like it is the driver side and I want to verify that is the one that would make the noise when I turn right.
Don't rule out a wheel bearing
Old Aug 30, 2012 | 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by bennuss
Just want to verify. I hear a chu chu sound when I turn right go uphill and sometimes just going straight or when the ground is wet. From other threads I read I should suspect the axle. It sounds like it is the driver side and I want to verify that is the one that would make the noise when I turn right.
Have kids? Might be that toy train rolling back and forth when you turn...



Old Aug 30, 2012 | 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by bennuss
Just want to verify. I hear a chu chu sound when I turn right go uphill and sometimes just going straight or when the ground is wet. From other threads I read I should suspect the axle. It sounds like it is the driver side and I want to verify that is the one that would make the noise when I turn right.
I wouldn't rule out a train either. I've been around enough of them to know they definitely make a "choo choo" sound.
Old Aug 30, 2012 | 01:23 PM
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It could also be as simple as the rotor dust shield. It is easily bent but that should give a constant noise. Bearing is an item I would check before going to the axel but I dont know how much time the axel, if it is that, has left in its life.
Old Aug 30, 2012 | 09:29 PM
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I raised the wheel and tried to see if i get any rocking motion but it seems solid so I assume it is not the bearing.
Actually sound like a toy train when i hear it

Anyways nobody answered the question and verified that turning right means it is the driver side half-shaft.

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