Pulling to left and noise from front left.

[Joe M 0]

Heading back from Knockhill last night and noticed a sort of whirring noise coming from the front left, it speeds up as the car speeds up, not engine related, it also gets worse under braking. Cars also pulling to the left a bit and it seems to be getting worse.

 

Im thinking probably wheel bearing, cv joint or maybe even a warped disk? Not sure on the disk though as the noise is there all the time and a vibration can be felt through the footwell, not just the brake pedal.

Any ideas?

[Gman 0]

If you put the car to full lock and accelerate does it make a noise (sort of like clicking)

 

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[Joe M 0]

Dunno, will try it tommorow.

Whirring noise is probably a bad description. Its more like the sort of noise id expect if there was a flatspot on the tyre where its a sort of small thud once every revolution. My tyre does look in pretty bad shape so first thing ill try is a different wheel and ill give the full lock thing a go.

[coolrado 0]

sounds like a binding front left calliper to me have the pads got much meat left on them????

 

it could just need a clean out and grease on the sliding bolts

 

if it was a cv joint problem it would not alter under braking

[Joe M 0]

Pads should be ok, but ill give that a go when ive got the wheels off.