Thread: Horrible scraping, rattling sound.

Im going with a gravel stone caught in the brake sheild,they make a hell of a racket.
Andrew

I did take it up to Mansfield, Craig's hut aea last week, but have done several 100 k's since then. and washed it underneath, All the answers are greatly appreciated.
Will look under it, take the wheels off etc tommorrow, weather permiting

My Disco was making a similar sound recently and I first thought it was something behind the backing plate. But then the noise got really bad and turned out to be a wheel bearing.

Jacked up the car and grabbed the wheel, it wobbled so its the wheel bearings.
It is fitted with Maxidrive axles, are the bearings the same for these axles?

Thanks to everybody for your advise.

Mal

in the tdi's the bearings are the same, i'm sure the axles would have been designed to suit the existing bearing on a td5

When replacing wheel bearings it is advisable to replace the locknut as well. Don't forget to peen the locknut in the appropriate spot or it will come loose. A few months ago we had a TD5 Deefer in here with all 4 locknuts unpeened! It suffered from total bearing failure on one wheel because it had come so loose. (Tourist vehicle, not usually serviced by us).

I would go with the front disc backing plate too. May be lose. Just get under and bend them both back and then see what happens. Only a 2 min job . Would be the first thing i would check

Originally Posted by BigJon

When replacing wheel bearings it is advisable to replace the locknut as well. Don't forget to peen the locknut in the appropriate spot or it will come loose. A few months ago we had a TD5 Deefer in here with all 4 locknuts unpeened! It suffered from total bearing failure on one wheel because it had come so loose. (Tourist vehicle, not usually serviced by us).

so the td5's do not have the two nuts and a lock washer like on the tdi, is that the way i read it