My car has had a couple of clunks that probably mean either bad end links, subframe bushings, strut bearings or all of the above. This is not that kind of noise.
It's hard to describe but it sounds like what you hear when you turn the wheels without moving on a paved garage floor. That kind of squeak/creak. It goes in time with the rotation of the tires. It does not change pitch or go away when turning the wheel either direction. It's not very loud and I can only really hear it at parking low speeds when driving in a parking lot or pulling into the driveway.
The noise just started after work was done on the car and the shop rotated the tires front to back. It is coming (I think) from the driver's side front.
I had the outer tie-rod ends replaced (bought moogs and took 'em to a local shop) and an alignment done. After getting the car back it felt twitchy so I took it back to the shop and had them take a look at it. Their "head tech" took it for a drive and said it wasn't an alignment problem it was a tire problem and they rotated the tires (Eagle RSAs) front to back. He said something about the bad tie-rod ends possibly causing the alignment to shift, causing the tires to wear a certain way and now that the alignment was back in spec the tires, being worn abnormally, were causing the strange twitchy feeling. Dunno if that's BS or not but it sounded plausible.
Rotating the tires took care of the twitchiness but now I have this noise. These tires may not be old mileage-wise but they probably are in terms of years. Could this be the sign of a bad tire? Or something like a wheel bearing? I did the 9 & 3 test and there was a little play but I didn't have the steering locked. There seemed to be an equal amount of play (or give in the steering? again, it wasn't locked) on both sides.
Of course the obvious answer would be to rotate the tires front to back again and see if the noise goes away....
Duh.
Oh well. Too late to do that tonight. I'll do it tomorrow or friday and let y'all know what happens.
It's hard to describe but it sounds like what you hear when you turn the wheels without moving on a paved garage floor. That kind of squeak/creak. It goes in time with the rotation of the tires. It does not change pitch or go away when turning the wheel either direction. It's not very loud and I can only really hear it at parking low speeds when driving in a parking lot or pulling into the driveway.
The noise just started after work was done on the car and the shop rotated the tires front to back. It is coming (I think) from the driver's side front.
I had the outer tie-rod ends replaced (bought moogs and took 'em to a local shop) and an alignment done. After getting the car back it felt twitchy so I took it back to the shop and had them take a look at it. Their "head tech" took it for a drive and said it wasn't an alignment problem it was a tire problem and they rotated the tires (Eagle RSAs) front to back. He said something about the bad tie-rod ends possibly causing the alignment to shift, causing the tires to wear a certain way and now that the alignment was back in spec the tires, being worn abnormally, were causing the strange twitchy feeling. Dunno if that's BS or not but it sounded plausible.
Rotating the tires took care of the twitchiness but now I have this noise. These tires may not be old mileage-wise but they probably are in terms of years. Could this be the sign of a bad tire? Or something like a wheel bearing? I did the 9 & 3 test and there was a little play but I didn't have the steering locked. There seemed to be an equal amount of play (or give in the steering? again, it wasn't locked) on both sides.
Of course the obvious answer would be to rotate the tires front to back again and see if the noise goes away....
Duh.
Oh well. Too late to do that tonight. I'll do it tomorrow or friday and let y'all know what happens.
