- Location
- Westminster, SoCal
It's hard to narrow it down: it's a variation on a rumble/gruble/clunk/rattle (very hard to describe) and each time I think I know what's causing it it's not it (as in I can't reproduce under same conditions). So far I thought that when my left tire went over the little bumps in the road that are meant to separate lanes, then I though that it happens on turns only then I though it happens when I stop. The only pattern to it all seem to be bumps as in it's more likely to happen when I hit a pothole or when I ride over the bumps.
Btw, the noise seems to be coming from left front.
So far after getting from the trail last night I jacked up the front and spun the wheel and checked for the play on it (shook the hell out of it) and it all seems on solid. It turns fine, there seems to be no bidning, no looseness nor slop.
What might be related and makes me think steering (combined with the noise while turning over a bump) Is the fact that while on the trail yesterday, amongst other things I got myself wedged in between 3 or 4 rocks and had to really muscle the steering wheel while backing and turning (I was really wedge) and AFAIK this is not "healthy" for steering components (btw I gave a rough inspection to all the rods and everythign udner and they seem to look fine).
Anyways, what could it be? what should I test and how?? One of the thing I will pull just in case and check is a shock (noise from a bump might be shock related although bushings look good) but apart from that I got no clue.....
Btw, the noise seems to be coming from left front.
So far after getting from the trail last night I jacked up the front and spun the wheel and checked for the play on it (shook the hell out of it) and it all seems on solid. It turns fine, there seems to be no bidning, no looseness nor slop.
What might be related and makes me think steering (combined with the noise while turning over a bump) Is the fact that while on the trail yesterday, amongst other things I got myself wedged in between 3 or 4 rocks and had to really muscle the steering wheel while backing and turning (I was really wedge) and AFAIK this is not "healthy" for steering components (btw I gave a rough inspection to all the rods and everythign udner and they seem to look fine).
Anyways, what could it be? what should I test and how?? One of the thing I will pull just in case and check is a shock (noise from a bump might be shock related although bushings look good) but apart from that I got no clue.....