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« on: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 05:51 PM »

Heya guys (& girls??? Kiss)
My mums car has got some problems lately, and I cannot figure out what it is.
There is a loud noise coming from the car (as if the exhaust has a big hole in it / or as if you're driving a 8 cyl in a fiesta).
I really cannot figure out where the noise is coming from, but I do know this:
You can hear the noise when you go faster then 40kmh (about 25mph), it has nothing to do with the gear it's in, nor the brakes...
I turned off the engine while driving about 50kmh (30mph), and the noise remained (so it's not coming from the engine)
What can it be?

the car's a Ford Fiesta 1.1 Grin from '89, dunno how many k's its got on the clock, because the clock didnt work for about 3 years (and suddenly it did work again Smiley)
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« Reply #1 on: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 06:18 PM »

If the noise is not coming from the engine the only other parts moving is the transmission and wheels.  Maybe a bad axle (half-shaft)?  Automatic or stick?
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« Reply #2 on: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 06:53 PM »

Its a manual, used to be an automatic, but that's been done a loooong time ago.... And the transmission just works fine.
Dunno bout the wheels, it's just driving like always, there's only a lot of noise, no poorer drive (OMG, what if it was even poorer Tongue)
So how do I check if axle is bad? and wtf is a half-shaft Embarrassed?
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« Reply #3 on: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 07:03 PM »

It is a front wheel drive, right?  The half-shaft is the axle from the differential to each wheel.  They have a constant velocity joint on each end that is covered by a rubber boot.  The boot is full of grease.  As the cars get older the boot cracks and the grease comes out.  As the jooint dries out it gets very noisy.  The classic symptom is a clicking noise when the wheel is turned sharply to one side.
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« Reply #4 on: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 07:35 PM »

K, cheers...
I'll have a look at it friday in a week, that's when I'm going to my parents place again Roll Eyes
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« Reply #5 on: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 11:46 PM »

i dunno anything about that your problem but what I do know about fiestas is that when you put a turbo mazda motor in them they are fast and scary as hell...

me and my freind just finished our turbo festy project and it's scary to drive... hard to keep on the road...
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 08:16 AM »

i dunno anything about that your problem but what I do know about fiestas is that when you put a turbo mazda motor in them they are fast and scary as hell...

me and my freind just finished our turbo festy project and it's scary to drive... hard to keep on the road...
LOL, make some nice donut videos and post em here Roll Eyes
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« Reply #7 on: Friday, January 07, 2005 - 03:03 PM »

I'll see if I can get some sick tire smoking vids...

we can smoke the tires all the way through third gear and chirp them into fourth...

I am afraid we are gonna go through SOOO many halfshafts with this thing...
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« Reply #8 on: Monday, January 17, 2005 - 03:29 PM »

k, think i located the prob...
the right rear wheel is blocking, i jacked the car up yesterday, and it made noise and had a lot of friction.
So it's probably the brake pad or otherwise the bearing.
My dad's gonna bring it to the garage this week, I wish I could do something, I'll just repair my own car, if I break it, nobody cares but me Tongue
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« Reply #9 on: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 03:01 AM »

could be the emergency brake pad - could be sticking or, a wheel bearing.
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