Hi all,

Problem with the meridian today!

So a couple of weeks back i took it to a garage because i was getting a pulsing grinding sound and feel through the stearing wheel when driving, particularly when turning left or right.
Diagnosed as wheel bearings. Had them replaced.

Car seemed fine...until today....grinding sound is back with a vengence. Particularly when turning right round a roundabout for example.

Now i noticed something a couple weeks back too which i dismissed at the time. The drivers side front wheel arch gap seemed to be smaller than the passenger side. I also wobbled the car back and forth whilst sat in the drivers seat. Felt like it was on 3 wheels.

So tonight i got out the tape measure. The drivers side gap is an inch smaller than the passenger side. I measured from the top/rim of the alloy to the middle of the arch curve.

Can anyone tell me what might cause this and what might be going on? My guess would be a f*cked top mount? Would this cause premature wheel bearing wear?

Any advice greatfully receieved.......

F*cking cars. I might have to get rid of one of them. Its costing me a fortune supporting both :/

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''Oh, it does handle like a golf!'' Why drive a Golf....when you can drive a GTi-6?

Ive been driving around like this for weeks...maybe even months. I had a look under there - doesnt seem to be anything untoward.

Can this cause premature wheel bearing wear?

Looks like im guna get bent over for the third time this month. Maybe a new spring and bearings, maybe even brake pads - again, had to have those replace first time the bearings were changed. Hand brake cable also snapped this month.

Grrr

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''Oh, it does handle like a golf!'' Why drive a Golf....when you can drive a GTi-6?

What do you think could be causing the same sounding/feeling grinding that is almost identical to the worn wheel bearings i had changed last week then?

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''Oh, it does handle like a golf!'' Why drive a Golf....when you can drive a GTi-6?

Cheers for the advice.

Will get a look at it as soon as i can.

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''Oh, it does handle like a golf!'' Why drive a Golf....when you can drive a GTi-6?

just at thought but have you checked to see if the Break disc has come a bit loose?

mine did that a while back after some work i'd done on them that sounded pretty bad but took 2 secs to tighten up again

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mine managed to, they were hanging off or anything but there was enough play to cause a horrible grinding noise

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