D1 300tdi - heard a "snap" from front driver's wheel and now the wheel clicks!
So, lockdown eased a little and my wife and I just moved to the Bellarine which is lovely, so since it was such a nice weekend we went for a quick drive through Anglesea Heath which was really nice.
My D1 has seen much harder tracks than this but something may have been waiting to break. I was in low range, going through a rutty bit, nothing out of the ordinary, and the front driver's wheel went into the rut and was just going to come out the other side (it wasn't that deep) and as soon as the weight went on that wheel I heard a very loud "snap" like a loud branch breaking...but there were no branches...it then drive normally still forwards but when I took a slow corner turning left and was on near full lock but not quite, I heard a very obvious clicking sound coming from the front driver's wheel as it went around the corner. It was a pretty loud click and just kept going as I turned the corner. I could make the car repeat this noise when we turned left. I don't think it did it when we turned right and every now and then when the car would go over bumps and the suspension would flex I heard a few clicks again. No other real symptoms and it drove fine for the most part but the track wasn't exactly tricky. We did drive a lot more on the track though because we were halfway through and needed to get out, so it still drove, just clicked a bunch and that's a new noise.
Any ideas on that one?
Oh also my car sounds like a lawnmower but I think that might be an exhaust issue, yet to look into that one
'97 Tdi 300
5sp manual w/ D-gas, Maxi Drive rear, 245/75/16 rubber, dual batteries, other stuff.
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