phillvr6 0 Posted January 29, 2004 Chaps, When I first start the car in the morning, I turn the steering wheel to the left and it feels as if there is a notch, this continues to happen every time I turn the wheel anticlockwise from 12oclock for about the first 5 - 10 minutes of driving and then disapears. More recently a knocking sound has developed. It is a regular sound which speeds up as I go faster and is audiable up untill about 40mph and then it disappears. When it first started a few months ago it was only audiable up to 20mph. Incidentally it gets louder when I go around a roundabout. Now my cars just been Mot'd and serviced and neither place could find anything. On top of that my machanics looked for the problem, checked the wheel bearing etc but could find nothing. He also said whe was working on a Passat VR6 which seemed to be developing the same problem. My car has just over 60k Miles. Any ideas? Thanks, Phill (95 VR6) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted January 29, 2004 CV joints... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phillvr6 0 Posted January 29, 2004 That was my first instinct, but apparently they're fine. Also its just passed its MOT, surely shot CV joints would be a fail??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andycowuk 0 Posted January 29, 2004 front top mounts? or perhaps bottom ball joints. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_mat 0 Posted January 29, 2004 It really sounds like a wheel bearing problem. Maybe it's not gone enough to introduce any play yet, but I'm sure it *will*. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phillvr6 0 Posted January 29, 2004 The wheel bearing was/is the favourite option but there is no visable problem and you cant make it knock when the cars in the air so I'm guessing having weight on it is a contributing factor. Its been doing it for the past couple of thousand miles and has been getting very slowely worse so I guess its a case of waiting for it to get worse. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ad's 16v 0 Posted February 7, 2004 I've just changed the front wheel bearings on mine and it's stopped the knocking and notchy steering which is similar to what you just described and it's fine now. So if i were you i'd get them done A.S.A.P. I went to my local steller for my wheel bearings and he charged me £39 for the pair (With 10% discount for CCGB membership) and i fitted them myself after previously having changed them on a mk2 golf i found it quite a simple job (Second time round :lol: ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phillvr6 0 Posted February 11, 2004 Well, turned out the driveshaft splindes needed a bit of grease, the knockings now gone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
