Car Guys: I need some advice
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:08 pm
Alright, I have a 2005 Pontiac Sunfire. Some months ago it was in a front-end collision, with a curb. Previous owner was an idiot who had no right to be behind the wheel, but I digress...
Essentially, the front driver's side wheel was nearly torn off, from what I understand, but it was insured and a supposedly 'certified' shop did the $2631 in repairs to get the car working again. Some months down the line, the car begins making a 'roaring' noise when you got anywhere above about 35-40. Insurance nor the shop want to touch it. Quick trip to a mechanic and an $80 estimate and a quote of $400 later, I'm told it's a wheel hub bearing that's causing the noise. Find out you can replace the hub for $60 and about an hour of labor, so I go ahead and tackle that. And that's where I run into my new problem.
Driving in a straight line, you can almost sort of kind of feel like something is vibrating and rubbing through the steering wheel. If you make a high speed sweeping left turn, the vibration and noise become louder, still feeling like something is either rubbing or grinding together. It kind of sounds like a low, dull roar, kind of like the noise the bearing made but much quieter. Make a sweeping right handed turn, however, and the noise goes away, as does the feeling of the rubbing.
Thinking I had gotten a defective bearing, I went ahead and took it off and went in to have it swapped out. Put the new one on, same sound, same feeling.
Any ideas? If need be I have the manifest of what the shop did and didn't do when they 'fixed' the car.
Essentially, the front driver's side wheel was nearly torn off, from what I understand, but it was insured and a supposedly 'certified' shop did the $2631 in repairs to get the car working again. Some months down the line, the car begins making a 'roaring' noise when you got anywhere above about 35-40. Insurance nor the shop want to touch it. Quick trip to a mechanic and an $80 estimate and a quote of $400 later, I'm told it's a wheel hub bearing that's causing the noise. Find out you can replace the hub for $60 and about an hour of labor, so I go ahead and tackle that. And that's where I run into my new problem.
Driving in a straight line, you can almost sort of kind of feel like something is vibrating and rubbing through the steering wheel. If you make a high speed sweeping left turn, the vibration and noise become louder, still feeling like something is either rubbing or grinding together. It kind of sounds like a low, dull roar, kind of like the noise the bearing made but much quieter. Make a sweeping right handed turn, however, and the noise goes away, as does the feeling of the rubbing.
Thinking I had gotten a defective bearing, I went ahead and took it off and went in to have it swapped out. Put the new one on, same sound, same feeling.
Any ideas? If need be I have the manifest of what the shop did and didn't do when they 'fixed' the car.