On the Focus in my sig, I've been chasing down a faint rubbing sound in the front end (at least that's where I thought it was).
During the past month or so, I resorted to replacing BOTH front wheel bearing assemblies (I'm sure some of you remember my issues with the bearings etc).
Even after picking up the car from the shop, I could still hear a "rubbing" sound from inside the car.
I thought it might be the backing plate for the front rotors rubbing up against the disks, but the Focus doesn't have backing plates.
My gf and I have noticed that when you drive the car more frequently and everything is "warmed up", the noise seems to go away.
Only when doing sharp turns does it seem to come back. Regardless, I shouldn't have to wait for my tires to "warm up" for mysterious noises to go away.
For the past couple of days I left the car in the "coolish" garage and took the bike to work (It's underground).
This evening I put the car into neutral (on level ground) and dropped the ebrake and rolled the car back and forth. I noticed this "creaking" sound coming from a couple/few of the tires. This is the same sound I noticed previously when driving the car at low speeds when the tires were still cool.
I also removed the front tires and spun the hub and noticed nothing out of the ordinary that might be causing the noise.
I inspected the tires and three have a date code of 2209 and the other 2309.
I currently have about 55,000 kms (about 35,000 miles)on them.
The "DWS" is still fully visible, but I can tell that the "s" is getting kinda thin
Are they finished? I don't track the car, nor does it get the "extreme" heat and cold of the prairies.
But I must admit, that creaking sound is VERY annoying!
thanks in advance
During the past month or so, I resorted to replacing BOTH front wheel bearing assemblies (I'm sure some of you remember my issues with the bearings etc).
Even after picking up the car from the shop, I could still hear a "rubbing" sound from inside the car.
I thought it might be the backing plate for the front rotors rubbing up against the disks, but the Focus doesn't have backing plates.
My gf and I have noticed that when you drive the car more frequently and everything is "warmed up", the noise seems to go away.
Only when doing sharp turns does it seem to come back. Regardless, I shouldn't have to wait for my tires to "warm up" for mysterious noises to go away.
For the past couple of days I left the car in the "coolish" garage and took the bike to work (It's underground).
This evening I put the car into neutral (on level ground) and dropped the ebrake and rolled the car back and forth. I noticed this "creaking" sound coming from a couple/few of the tires. This is the same sound I noticed previously when driving the car at low speeds when the tires were still cool.
I also removed the front tires and spun the hub and noticed nothing out of the ordinary that might be causing the noise.
I inspected the tires and three have a date code of 2209 and the other 2309.
I currently have about 55,000 kms (about 35,000 miles)on them.
The "DWS" is still fully visible, but I can tell that the "s" is getting kinda thin
Are they finished? I don't track the car, nor does it get the "extreme" heat and cold of the prairies.
But I must admit, that creaking sound is VERY annoying!
thanks in advance