Hello,
When i had my car (1999 1.4 clio) serviced a couple of months back it was mentioned that the a front wheel bearing was worn and should be replaced within 6-12 months. When driving above 50mph i get a whirring/droning sound coming from the front drivers side and i also noticed that i would get steering wheel wobble over 70mph, and i was wondering if the two are related?
A friend and i had a look at the car, jacked the front up and shook and spun the wheels to see if we could hear or feel the worn bearing, but nothing. My friend did spot that my "steering boot" was split, which is a part that supplies grease to the wheel bearing apparently?
So could it be that it is just the split boot and the bearing is in fact ok? But then there is also the steering wheel wobble to consider.
I haven't checked to see if any balance weights have come off, that would be a simple solution to the wobble.
Can anyone offer some wisdom on this please.
Thanks chaps.
When i had my car (1999 1.4 clio) serviced a couple of months back it was mentioned that the a front wheel bearing was worn and should be replaced within 6-12 months. When driving above 50mph i get a whirring/droning sound coming from the front drivers side and i also noticed that i would get steering wheel wobble over 70mph, and i was wondering if the two are related?
A friend and i had a look at the car, jacked the front up and shook and spun the wheels to see if we could hear or feel the worn bearing, but nothing. My friend did spot that my "steering boot" was split, which is a part that supplies grease to the wheel bearing apparently?
So could it be that it is just the split boot and the bearing is in fact ok? But then there is also the steering wheel wobble to consider.
I haven't checked to see if any balance weights have come off, that would be a simple solution to the wobble.
Can anyone offer some wisdom on this please.
Thanks chaps.