blaster1232
Member Since: 11 Aug 2021
Location: Dobele
Posts: 101

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Pulsating vibration and (?) bad struts? | |
Hello, after fixing many smaller issues (CPS, ABS fault), i've come to 3 biggies or less obvious ones.
1) When driving, especially on speeds above 40 mph, i can hear a pulsating vibration from rear. My first thought was that rear diff is gone, but, by sitting in trunk, while my dad was driving it i managed to locate that the sound is coming from left rear wheel. Right after i got the freelander, at wheel alignment guy told that left rear bearing is on its way out. The next day I changed the bearing, but being an idiot as I am, i managed to split the new bearing into two halves. Since no obvious damage was done, I just pressed the two halves back together, and it seemed to be fine - a little tighter to spin by hand that I would like to, but it worked. Could it be that I pressed the bearing too hard, and it is no good? The sound doesn't seem to change when driving in angles, and is not constant, i can feel 1-2 second long vibrations, pulsating every 1-2 seconds. So 2 seconds of vibration, 2 seconds without. No play in the bearing when checking the wheel on jack stands. Has anyone had this issue?
2) When i fitted my 19'' wheels, i noticed that sometimes in angles, tyre would rub against the inner plastic arch, which seemed to be weird. (right tyre size, original evoque wheels). I measured distance between the tyre and all sides of wheel arch, compared i to the right side. On left, i have 3cm less space between tyre and top of arch, and around 4cm less space between tyre and right side of arch (when looking at wheel). The frame has not been damaged/bent, all the bushings are fine, alignment done perfectly, spring seems to be without any damage. Could a new strut and spring set solve this?
3) When going over big bumps, I can hear a knock on my rear right side. Checked all the bushings, drop links, everything is fine. Could the problem be in the left rear strut somewhere? It seems to be leaking some oil, but other than knock, struts are working good on rear.
If anyone can give me any advice before I order all 4 struts springs and rear left bearing, it would be very appreciated.
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