Hi all,

It has been great reading all your accomplishments with your Sharks.

A question,

When i turn the steering wheel and move the car in reverse, there is a knocking from the front left wheel. The car also tends to pull left when driving along, ever so slightly, but just enough to be noticeable.

Do you think this is a CV problem, and wheel alignment?

Cheers.

88 s4

 

wheel bearing possibly. CV's are in the rear so i doubt that.

 

You have the rare AWD 928? Cool.

Check for things rubbing, like ABS harness/wires or brake lines.

 

Could be that the wheel alignment nut's are loose on the front left and is moving. Or a brake pad. Grab the top of the wheel and pull it and push it to see if it moves.

There I fixed it.

 

Lonnie,
Glad to see you've got a tarp over the scene of the "accident".
You have "shoes' in one of your cars? really? and it has a Porsche logo on it?

My bet is on the wheel bearing......or the brake lines swelling.......or....

 

Sorry, should have qualified that......
It's a 928?....

 

I almost gave in on that one. The 928 does have brake shoes. You tell me where they are.
I was just thinking the "pad" is dragging causing it to pull to the left but without pictures...

 

"Bend over and I'll show ya!"

 

Fine, but, we were talking about the fronts.....I didn't account for a sudden transition to the E-Brake set up....

 

When you have suspension stuff loose enough to make noise, don't drive until it s sorted out.

 

This is a treat I'd like to keep reviewing.

I get the same knocking from my left wheel area in reverse. I have check everything and all the alignment nuts are tight, the sway bar and A arm bolts all are tight too. When the car is raised, I pulled on the wheels and the bearings seem solid... You guys think it could be a brake pad shifting around? That seems a bit unrealistic since the knocking comes as I press the brakes to stop and they are gripping the disc pretty hard at this point. Is there a chance the A arm bushings are worn and the assembly is popping or shifting?

 

Sorry for the sidetrack. I was looking at your avitar picture, you doing that work by yourself, or is someone helping you?

 

What you think I have friends? I have replaced the transmission more than once all by myself.

 

Done it once myself... not fun