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  5. Help arosa sdi (wheel bearing) noise

    in Seat Arosa

    Posted · Edited by Joshhert
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    So I did the tests, both cv joints greasy and in good condition.

    The flanges they bolt onto had no roughness or slop, hard to turn by hand initially but once turning feel easy and smooth. When driving (hand brake on) in first with one shaft off, no strong noise. In neutral the flange was driving? I guess the force being transferred by box oil? But easily  stopped by hand. 

    Being that it's quiet driving straight, but now equally loud turning at all either way, my guess is pinion bearing/s?

     

    Just a small note, but avoid j&r driveshaft bolts, not only are they allen bolts, but they are too long for the passenger side, and would foul on the gear box housing a few turns before being home

  10. Help arosa sdi (wheel bearing) noise

    in Seat Arosa

    Posted

    What grease can i use? I only have lithium atm.

    Just been for the first proper drive, up to 60mph for 23 miles. 

    The weird thing is that before I had clearly identified the noise as disappearing when turning left, now it is completely smooth when going straight, loud when turning right and LOUDEST turning left. 

    Definite noise change after top up

    If it were output or diff could turning affect it? 

    Right hand boot intact, and externally dry, left hand drive shaft replaced 100 miles ago, grease leak only little, under 20ml, and after drive now nearby components not splattered So either not leaking or all grease  lost 

     

    I'm in street, in Somerset

  12. Help arosa sdi (wheel bearing) noise

    in Seat Arosa

    Posted

    So did a few tests and it seems almost exactly like this:

    On 25/12/2011 at 11:01 PM, grazo22 said:I had a bearing noise from my gearbox about 5000 miles ago and it had progressively getting worse however all gears still engaged fine. They were noisy when coming off the throttle though. when it suddenly went, it was a long drive home and apparently i just stopped in time because when the main shaft was taken from the casing the bearing fell apart."

     

    So mine isn't noisy coming off  throttle whilst driving, but with a wheel up, and abruptly coming off throttle there's a definite clatter. Listening with Dowell to driveshaft, knuckle and gearbox casing there is more noise by gearbox in fact.

    checked gearbox oil and it was 3/4" below the full plug. Topped up and seems to be quieter. Obvious slow weeping from selector seal. I seem to remember reading someone had a similar problem, noise, no gear difficulty, topped up and went silent but failed shortly after.

    Since topping up mine seems to be quite quiet driving straight and much louder cornering either way. Marked the wheel, did slow circles in a parking lot with the help of a friend. Noise seems to be about 4 times to every 3 wheel revs.

     

    Any suggestions?

    How big a pain is it to remove gearbox, replace output bearings, selector seal, replace clutch and refit?

    Also does anyone know of a good transmissions place that could do those jobs for 400-500?

    Any input greatly appreciated 

    Thanks

  13. Help arosa sdi (wheel bearing) noise

    in Seat Arosa

    Posted

    Cheers for the excellent advice, I definitely won't rule out the treats exchange, but this time I want to do it myself so I'm really clear on whats gone wrong. 

    I'll do the checks, already done the backplate and wheel bolts, and the 6 12 wiggle. any safe way to disconnect only the splined driveshaft end to test jacked up and running? I don't want to take it off the gear box as it will spray the leftover grease. Also more of a pain to remove. 

    I'll also remove pads and run jacked up to eliminate that. 

    Cheers guys, I'll keep you posted!

     

  16. Hi

    in New member?

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    Hi guys,

    amazing site, I've been gleaning your knowledge from a distance for many years and want to be more actively involved. 

    Love self maintenance, and all about community support, diy, and shared knowledge. I love the things I own and use to be good enough, durable and easy to understand and work on. Always want to learn more. 

    Diy mechanic, still driving my arosa sdi since I passed my test in 2010

  17. Help arosa sdi (wheel bearing) noise

    in Seat Arosa

    Posted · Edited by Joshhert
    Forgotten to mention front

    Hi there, 

    I need help with a very loud and distressing wheel speed noise. It's there wether in gear or not, only with the wheels turning. Clutching has no effect on it. It sounds, as far as I can tell (and a couple of different passengers) to be coming from the front passenger side wheel, with some vibration noticeable through the foot well. 

    I've had the front up and listened with a Dowell while the wheels are driving, and the gearbox and drivers side knuckle make a kind of sshsshssh noise which I would associate with dry or very slightly worn bearings. While the passenger side knuckle makes a crunchy clunkey noise. 

    Thing is that I've now changed the p side bearing twice, and the knuckle (I scragged the original) and drive shaft with no definite change.  having done the bearing both  times found the hub nut not  tightened all the way after a few miles, despite Having wound the Bearing in with a puller and torqued up the nut.

    Car is 2001, 115k and the noise was audible but mild 10k ago and now is incredibly insistent.

    I need Help as I'm about to drive from Somerset to Wales, towing 700k, and don't want a failure on route. Or a catastrophic gearbox failure. And would love to take it to 200+k

    I guess I'm asking what it might be, or what I did wrong fitting the bearings to cause them to fail prematurely (10's or  hundreds of miles) fag bearings

    All help greatly appreciated, any questions just ask. I could make a recording but when I have the exhaust shielding rattle and console squeak largely drowns it out.

    Thanking you kindly,

    Joshhert 

  18. what would you replace? (lupo GTi)

    in Volkswagen Lupo

    Posted · Edited by Joshhert

    Thanks guys! 

    All done for now and problem solved.

    Replaced the top mount bushes and bearings with powerflex blacks, wishbone rear bushes with psb's, swapped the ball joints over and replaced a boot, replaced a track rod end and adjusted camber and tracking. (Not mentioning ****ing around with replacing a wheel bearing badly and ending up having to replace the nuckle and hub)

    In short: worn top mount bushes and bearings along with wishbone rear bush and wrong way round lower ball joints for my fourteens, compounded by tracking and camber adjustments causing a lot of dodginess.

    Thanks, rich and lr5v for your excellent advise, and mk2 for his very direct post on sdi camber!

    Next time I'll make my own thread rather than hijacking someone else's!

    Joshhert

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  21. what would you replace? (lupo GTi)

    in Volkswagen Lupo

    Posted · Edited by Joshhert

    Just got the nuts off the top of the dampers. Bit of a ****er. Spent an hour making up the equipment and an hour punching the top edge of the wing and trying to crush my finger off between a big spanner and the metal spring clip in the air intake. Seems like every possible fixing on this car is untouched and seized. Is there anything I shouldn't grease so next times less of a mare?

  25. what would you replace? (lupo GTi)

    in Volkswagen Lupo

    Posted · Edited by Joshhert

    Any easy way to check for wear?

    If your confident I'll just go ahead and do it. 

    The car has after market 14's but I don't know if it was factory. I've had it since 08 with the same rims and tyre size and never noticed this.  Maybe excess inside wear and very slight right hand lock tuck 

    Any chance ball joints are relevant? 

    I very much appreciate your sage counsel

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