Moaning while going around left turns 45mph+

acr2002 · Post by **acr2002** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:58 pm

I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem before. Any speed over 45 mph going around a left hand turn ONLY (right hand turns there is no noise) there is a moaning/vibration coming from I guess the front end. Also, there is a pulsing feeling when I am trying to keep speed above about 45 mph. When I let off the gas the noise stops. It seems to stop whenever I give it more gas to accelerate, but it might just be that I can't hear it over the engine/exhaust noise, so it might still be present. Hard to explain the pulsing noise, but it kind of feels like what a helicopter would fell like from inside, but not too loud-just enough to feel it in the floorboard. My first thought was wheel bearings, but there doesn't seem to be ANY play in the front wheels when I jacked it up. So I guess that leaves the axle(s), maybe? BTW-The car is a SRT swapped 03 Neon SXT.

Thanks for any help!

Jonathan

aperson · Post by **aperson** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:51 pm

Did you just grab the wheel and tire or use a prybar? I'd wrap the prybar where it's going to meet the wheel to avoid marring it any. You may have not had enough leverage on the bearing. It could be ball joint, control arm bushings, upper strut mounts also.

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:10 pm

check the axles

my parents subaru had a very similar problem where it would shake really bad over 35mph, and only when giving it gas. foot off the gas the shaking would go away completely. left turns made it even worse.

got the car up in the air, the passanger side axle was bad, inner CV joint was pretty loose and you could move the entire shaft inside the joint...