URGENT, any help welcome!

i've been having a nightmare month with the corrado, after having the CV joints and drive shaft replaced, all seemed well until about 2 weeks later a really bad knocking started on the passanger side, took it back and they reckon the drive shaft was fooked, again! so they replaced it again under warrenty, and i also had the wheels bearings and top mounts replaced whule it was there, and now i have just picked the car up from the garage and i get 100 yards down teh road and the knocking has changed into a squeaking kind of noise when the wheels are spinning..also when i brakes it makes awful noises - had the brakes checked and they are fine so i have no idea what it is - i need the car for work and can't afford much more - anyone know why this is still happening?

any help or advice welcome!!!!

cheers peeps!

High pitched noise when you brake?

Are the pads all free and well greased on the sliding surfaces?

sure your discs arent warped? I had this problem on a mk2 when i had warped discs and they eventually warped the hub so even when i put new discs on it made knackered bearing type noises.

i thought it was the bearing, thats why i had it fixed too, they said the breaks were fine, but then again they said the driveshaft was proper three weeks ago, so yeha, that could be it! anyone got a cheap disc lying about?

dont think the discs where that old....?

martinb wrote:

dont think the discs where that old....?

quite easy to warp a set of discs though mate i warped the g60 discs on my mk2 in 3 weeks .

Although i guess it depends if you have been doing a lot of heavy breaking and spirited driving?


Also : Check your wishbone bushes also had that problem on a gti made all sorts of bloody noises which i thought was driveshaft/bearing related.

another thing worth a mention, how about your balljoints? More important than people realise, throw all sorts of problems when they get worn.

i had the whole lot checked a few days ago before the new drive shaft went to to make sure that it couldn't be anything else, could a warped disc go unnoticed? also after lifting it up a min a go, it wasn't spinning smoothly, as in it would go round then jam a bit then go round etc... that is the disc, right?

yeah from your last post, defo warped disc mate

awesome, still a bit of an arse, as i dont have another one, but im sure i can get one asap, thanks for your help guys, it's all very much appreciated! my knowledge is minimal, getting there thanks to you guys!

becuase im really annoying, jsut to double check, i just drove the car back to mine from my parents and while it's rolling it's squeaks like a mutha, but then when i brake, its like a grinding sound - is this still the disc?

cheers again, sorry for sounding like a reet plonker...

yeah id bet my dog on it m8

putting new discs on this weekend - fingers crossed!

you wanna hope its right, cos you probably wouldnt want matty's dog!

mine does the same thing squeeks on the back drum break anyone know wat that could be?

it can be an excess of brake dust, remove the drum & clean with brake cleaner

MarkGTX wrote:

you wanna hope its right, cos you probably wouldnt want matty's dog!

yeah, i think the three i already have are enough for me!

touch wood it's all sorted, put new discs/pads on today and the noise seems to have stopped, along with any other nags whilst moving!

thanks again for all your help guys! no doubt i'll need it again!

do i win a prize?

a goldfish?? will that do?

oh wait, it's buggered again....

what's happened now?

it was fine after fitting new brakes and such, got half way to work and there was some seriously bad noises coming from underneath and really bad wobble when turning - mechaninc thinks that the mugs who tried to rip me off with the drive shaft haven't put them on back on properly and the bolts have come loose...again! so im back at home, without a car again...

Seriously bad luck your having m8, but keep ya head up itll be worth it lol

if i was you id take it to some1 i trust to get everything checked out just for safeties sakes really.

matty_mk1 wrote:

Seriously bad luck your having m8, but keep ya head up itll be worth it lol

if i was you id take it to some1 i trust to get everything checked out just for safeties sakes really.

tell me about it mate! serisouly stressing about it, it sucks! ive taken it to my familes mechanic now - it only went back to the other place (Ely tyres) becuase after the noise came back the first time, we discovered that the new drive shaft i paid to buy and be fitted wasn't fitted at all, they had just tightened up the old one and put it back on, but charged me for a new one!

yeah sounds it m8, i have heard some bad things about ely tires before actually so dont really suprise me, hopefully you family machanic will sort it for ya so you can get back to enjoying it m8.