So i took my m42 out and it started making a loud crunching, klunking noise when it rolls. I lifted the car up and looked underneath to see if anything was rubbing or loose or leaking but everything looks alright. The car only makes the noise when its moving. I turned the car off and rolled it in neutral and same noise. Car runs and drives fine other than the noise and when i take a left the noise softens. So HELP!!! can anybody suggest what maybe the problem is so i can try to fix it...anything will help.
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This could be anything from the transmission back. With the car in the air take a look at the driveshaft differential, and half shafts. If you can't spot anything obviously not right, flat-bed the car to a BMW dealer or indie shop and have it professionally diagnosed.The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
Jim Levie, Huntsville, AL -
i'm gonna try to take a look at it this weekend. Hopefully i can find the problem before i have to take it to the shop.
thanks jlevie!!!Comment
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check the lug bolts.. sounds trivial, but you never knowComment
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sounds like a bad wheel bearing - when you turn left, that shifts more weigh onto the right side, so if your wheel bearings are going bad, i bet they are going out on the left side.
best way to check is to lift the car and spin all four wheels, if one makes more noise then the other, you found your problemComment
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those are both valid points, i spun the front wheels but not the rear and i will also check to see if it is the lugs. If one of those happens to be it, im gonna feel like an ass.
thanks again guysComment
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and I will fell less of an ass. lolComment
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