Driving me mad!!

[arch]

I have a humming coming from beneth the van. Can't hear it at low speed but you get to about 45-50 "there it is" and when you steer left it stops!

I'M GOING MAD I THINK!!!!!

Any ideas guys Thank's in advance

[T'Onion]

wheel bearing

[matt_wannabe]

Sounds like an o/s wheel bearing to me.

[arch]

Whats the diffrence in makes as there is a range from 15 to 35 ish for the front and 20 to 40 for the rear are they really that different!

[pi quattro]

Wow! I had the same problem today, I came on here to ask a question and you beat me to it. I thought it might have been a wheel bearing as well. When I turn left it goes away too! Your not going mad there are others out there too (mad folk)

Does it sound a bit like you have really chunky off road tyres? I couldnt decide if it was tyre roar from the otherwise normal looking tyres?

[arch]

Yeah i thought the same but pulled my outer bearing out on the o/s front and it,s F.U.B.E.R so now looking for a set

Cheers All

[California Dreamin]

That doesn't sound right to me....turning to the left loads the O/S which would make the bearing noisier.

I would have bet on the N/S wheel bearings faulty but then I never got to do the diagnosis myself....

Be sure to observe correct fitting and adjustment protocol (do not load taper roller bearings)

Martin

[pi quattro]

That doesn't sound right to me....turning to the left loads the O/S which would make the bearing noisier.

I would have bet on the N/S wheel bearings faulty but then I never got to do the diagnosis myself....

Be sure to observe correct fitting and adjustment protocol (do not load taper roller bearings)

Martin

Mmm.. I get what your saying, there is a pull to the left when driving so could be n/s

I just got the van a few weeks ago and on my second day out in it, I got to the bottom of a hill and when I stopped there was smoke/steam coming from front n/s wheel. I assumed it was a brake seizing as it hadn't been driven in a while. Gave it a thump and it hasn't come back.

Could this have been the bearing, or, could it have affected the bearing?

[kevtherev]

While you're changing the bearings (inner and outer) I would renew the discs, and say bye bye to brake fade and over heated discs.
Cheap enough from GSF

[matt_wannabe]

That doesn't sound right to me....turning to the left loads the O/S which would make the bearing noisier.

I would have bet on the N/S wheel bearings faulty but then I never got to do the diagnosis myself....

Be sure to observe correct fitting and adjustment protocol (do not load taper roller bearings)

Martin

Yeah your right. My bad, must be getting my left/right os/ns mixed up coz im driving a lhd ha ha. If you jack it up an spin the wheels by hand you should hear it anyway just to be sure.