Posted by passerby on December 22, 2012, 9:18 pm
replying to passerby, passerby wrote:
> passerby wrote:
> Those driveshafts you've mentioned: interestingly, the one that goes to
> the
> wheel I suspect is the source of the noise, is more rusted than the
> other one.
> More rust=less oil? I mean, it's on the outside obviously and open to
> all
> elements, so there should be some rust (and no oil), but I don't
> understand why
> there's a visible difference in amount of rust between the two...
>
Turns out, I can post images here after all. So, this is what I meant: this
first picture is the driveshaft of the wheel that makes the noise (see the
rust where I circled it) - passenger side.
[IMG]http://www.motorsforum.com/img/2c [/IMG]
And the other one (driver side) is much more clean:
[IMG]http://www.motorsforum.com/img/2b [/IMG]
I don't know if it has any significance at all - I have it scheduled for a
dealership visit again next week, will post what they find.
Posted by Vlad on June 14, 2016, 3:18 pm
replying to passerby, Vlad wrote:
Any luck figuring out what it was? Were you able to fix it? I am having the
same issue now.
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Posted by passerby on June 15, 2016, 4:17 am
replying to Vlad, passerby wrote:
Yeah, I did figure it out. It was the damn tire all along. The dealership was
just being difficult and played dumb so they don't have to replace the tire.
So I took my business elsewhere. The tire eventually needed replacement
anyway. It got replaced and the noise went away.
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> Those driveshafts you've mentioned: interestingly, the one that goes to
> the
> wheel I suspect is the source of the noise, is more rusted than the
> other one.
> More rust=less oil? I mean, it's on the outside obviously and open to
> all
> elements, so there should be some rust (and no oil), but I don't
> understand why
> there's a visible difference in amount of rust between the two...
>