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Old 11-02-2012, 11:59 PM   #16
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it's back
the good news is I believe I know what is causing it while the bad news is I have not isolated the exact part producing the sound though I believe it has to do with the leaking axle seal on the drivers side

When it first started the last time I was in a hurry so I backed out fast and whipped the front end a little...the way that I have to go (one way street) the pull would be on the drivers side...I suspected that as a possible cause so I have been being fairly cautious about doing this...today I forgot about an advising meeting until almost 2 hour after it was scheduled so in a hurry to leave and get there, I backed out a little faster than I intended and did that again...the street I live on has many cracks so I suspect that when it happens it is yanking the wheel and something, is getting stuck out of place and rubbing until it works back in...as I am typing this I have to ask is it possible that it is pulling the axle to the point the splines on the end of the cv shaft are getting caught up on the seal and chewing away until it work back to its seat and that is why the seal has started to seep
I think that it will probably go away as it did last time, however I need to figure out the whole problem because while I have done this before in multiple vehicles including the alero while in empty parking lots messing around, I have never experienced such a problem
even in the parking lots it has never been at a high enough speed or close enough to anything where it would cause any sort of personal injury or in a way to put anybody in danger

Last edited by 03glgold : 11-03-2012 at 12:03 AM.
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