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Old 03-06-2018, 07:50 AM
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I hit a curb hard with my driver side wheel in the snow. This caused the wheel to push back (not in middle of wheel arch). A garage replaced the wishbone and sorted tracking. However when I drove over 60 I would hear a pulsing noise from the driver side. I took it back and found drive crank was bent and had be replaced. It is still making noise but only between 65 and 70mph. Please help!
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probably a bent rim...that will be my next guess
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Originally Posted by Vodka G
probably a bent rim...that will be my next guess
They swapped the back wheels to the front to eliminate this. I'm beginning to suspect wheel bearing but the noise is not constantly present, only over a certain speed.
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Originally Posted by sutty279
They swapped the back wheels to the front to eliminate this. I'm beginning to suspect wheel bearing but the noise is not constantly present, only over a certain speed.
Is probably wheel bearing then, esp if it is only over a certain speed
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Originally Posted by sutty279
I'm beginning to suspect wheel bearing but the noise is not constantly present, only over a certain speed.
When my wheel bearing started to fail I could hear the noise shortly after I started moving and could hear the unwanted noise at all speeds above that.
https://www.audiworld.com/forums/a6-...my-a6-2930946/

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I also vote for the wheel bearing
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I'll throw another vote in for the wheel bearing!
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I vote for a suspension component as being bent putting a strain on the geometry and alignment.
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