Hi all,

I have a '98 OB 5mt with 293K... 2.5 EJ25 engine

 

Recently, I began to hear a grinding metallic sound when moving at slow speeds, regardless if the car was in neutral or under power, straight or turning.

 

Occaisionally at high speeds you can hear the squeal, but not usually. There is a slight vibration when turning tight corners, and more recently there is an occasional clicking noise... no rythym to it, more or less sporadic.

 

I can't tell exactly, but is seems that this noise is located directly beneath me, more towards the back but I'm not sure.

 

Any thoughts?

Does it only occur when the car is moving?

 

Could be a wheel bearing, cv axle, something in the trans...

Ive seen bad inner DOJ's cause some odd problems...Ok you described it as a squeal, a clicking, and a grinding noise...which one does it most closley resemble?..Remember it is difficult to diagnoise noises and such online fore we cant touch/hear/see the vehicle so where going off what you say.......I would pop under the vehicle and do a thorough visual and maybe shake down the front end and see if you notice anything there...Thats alot of miles so really you cant kind of rule anything out....

If it goes away when you hit the brakes then you probably need new pads and the vibrations are the rotors.

 

If not then it's probably an axle.

 

It could also be a wheel bearing. If this is the case you might be approaching very dangerous conditions and need to address this quickly.

Well, got under the car and shook around the drive shaft, the u-joints seemed solid but with a stethascope (sp?) it seems apparent that the carrier bearing is shot. I found a used one (whole drive shaft) at a junkyard and I hope that it will solve the problem.

 

I thought it might have been brake pads/rotor problem but the noise didn't abate when I used the brakes.

 

For the record, the "noise" was mostly a squeal ( I first thought of wheel bearing ) but then occasionally and simultaneously there would be a non-rythmic click.

 

Thanks all for the insight, I will let you all know what happens.