Re: Drive train noise(?) in 86 5000

[jgong@netcom.com (John Gong)]

 I second the wheel bearing opinion.  Same symptom I had a few months ago
with a BMW Bavaria.  Although the suspensions are unrelated, the symptoms
are generic enough.  Wheel bearing problems can be isolated with their 
pitch changes depending on steering angle.  And increasing sound with
speed.

	JOhn
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> On Aug 25,  7:09am, JOE FALCONE, 297 6323, MRO2-1/D7  25-Aug-1994 1009 wrote:
> > Subject: Drive train noise(?) in 86 5000
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> > I've got a buzz/humm/vroom'ing noise which gets fairly noticeable above
> > 30 MPH.  At first I thought speedo cable, but it varies with steering
> > angle - turning towards the left makes it almost completely go away,
> > while it is there when the wheel is centered or turned right.  It
> > varies in pitch with speed and increases in volume with acceleration.
> > It doesn't make the noise when the car is stationary and the engine is
> > rev'ed in neutral - tranny is a slush box.
> 
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> >-- End of excerpt from JOE FALCONE, 297 6323, MRO2-1/D7  25-Aug-1994 1009
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> 	Sounds (!) like a wheel-bearing to me,too -- except that I didn't get
> 	the variation with steering angle when mine went last month.
> 
> 	It's actually not *that* difficult a job (I did mine myself for
> 	well under $100), so if you decide to go that route, I could
> 	give you some tips, as could a lot of people on the list.  On the
> 	other hand, it certainly isn't trivial.
> 
> 	Good luck!
> 
> 	-Arun
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