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Popping noise from the rear right
I know these kind of problems are generally difficult to diagnose online, but I'm hoping someone with this same problem has found out what it was.
My 240D has a popping noise coming from the rear right whose frequency is related to the speed of the car and it's there only under light throttle and higher weight load, such as when making a left turn or carrying a heavy passenger. I think it's either the RR wheel bearing or axle shaft, but which one? Basically I don't want to replace one of these and then find out it was the other item. Or could it be something else? The car has no vibration and I've done a visual inspection of the undercarriage, including the flex disc.
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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual) Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL |
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Bearings hum or squeal. CV joints pop.
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Rick Miley 2014 Tesla Model S 2018 Tesla Model 3 2017 Nissan LEAF Former MB: 99 E300, 86 190E 2.3, 87 300E, 80 240D, 82 204D Euro Chain Elongation References |
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sway bar links?
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My bet is on the axle CV's
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1984 300D Turbo - 4-speed manual conversion, mid-level resto 1983 300D - parts car 1979 300TD Auto - Parts car. 1985 300D Auto - Wrecked/Parts. ========================= "If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there". Lewis Carrol |
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CV joints
My guess is CV joints too.
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I recently had a noise similar to what you describe and it was CV joints. I ended up replacing the half axles on both sides as all of the rubber boots were rotten.
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1983 300D Silver -mine- 185,000 w/ donor transmission 1983 300D Gray (Franklin) -parts car- 180,000- no transmission and no oil pan 1994 S320 Silver -wife's-135,000 |
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Yeah I was kind of leaning towards the axle shaft too. The boots look fairly new so I'm thinking this car has a bad rebuilt axle. How difficult is it to replace it?
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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual) Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL Last edited by DieselAddict; 06-23-2004 at 04:02 PM. |
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Quote:
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1984 300D Turbo - 4-speed manual conversion, mid-level resto 1983 300D - parts car 1979 300TD Auto - Parts car. 1985 300D Auto - Wrecked/Parts. ========================= "If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there". Lewis Carrol |
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