Blown Strut After Track Day?

[Dude]

How many miles,is the front suspension soft when pushing down on it?

Like 10k from what i remember the guy telling me

if you have a bad bearing, their will be a noise and vibration that only increases with speed. how soon it starts depends on how bad the bearing is. it also usually gets worse/better if you turn hard in opposite directions.

Example:
bad front right. turning hard to the left puts more force on the right side of the car, so noise gets louder. turning hard to the right will lift the right side and the noise will go away.

also, you can jack the car up to turn the wheel and hear the scraping.

It gets worse with speed but it only sounds like the vibration shaking everything within the dash. And yes with turning different ways it changes it, thats how i know its the front right.

[QUKBMER]

Did also check the front lower ball joints and tierods. How good are the lower control arm bushings?

[Dude]

FRom what i could tell it all looked ok

[HarryPotter]

I'm gunna go out on a limb and say that a blown shock is not causing the issue you are experiencing. Take that with a 5lb bag of salt.

[QUKBMER]

Have you tried getting a jack and have the wheel on the car. Jack the car up and try wiggling the wheel back and forth left to right and then try shaking the wheel one hand on top and one at the bottom and shake it in and out and see if there is any movement ?

[ak-]

Check your tire's tread for a missing chunk. (I mean you did track..)
A binding spring that isn't seated in the hat correctly.

And go drive on a street with a wall parallel to you. The noise will be LOUD bouncing off of you and you will know if it's a wheel bearing or not.

[Dude]

I'm gunna go out on a limb and say that a blown shock is not causing the issue you are experiencing. Take that with a 5lb bag of salt.

Im completly aware of that now. I just figure that when i had some wierd vibration on my front right and pulled out a completly destroyed strut that maybe that could be the issue.

Have you tried getting a jack and have the wheel on the car. Jack the car up and try wiggling the wheel back and forth left to right and then try shaking the wheel one hand on top and one at the bottom and shake it in and out and see if there is any movement ?

I did, but not extensively

Check your tire's tread for a missing chunk. (I mean you did track..)
A binding spring that isn't seated in the hat correctly.

And go drive on a street with a wall parallel to you. The noise will be LOUD bouncing off of you and you will know if it's a wheel bearing or not.

Ill double check the spring, could be a possibility. And yeah it doesnt reallllyyy seem like a wheel bearing, im just throwing out ideas.

[HarryPotter]

What kind of vibration is it? do you feel it in the wheel? is it vertical, horizontal or rotational? You can kind of sense these things with your sense of touch.

[Dude]

Its in the wheel, feels like a slight up and down but could also be side to side. Increases with wheel speed and pressure on that one wheel. Main sound is everything in the dash rattling. My passanger window motor needs to be replaced so i cant really listen for it that well though

[kishg]

wheel bearing..

[Dude]

wheel bearing..

Are the bearings identical between early model and late model?

[AlarmedBread]

Have you tried grabbing the top of the strut tower sheet metal and seeing if you can move it? Things can loosen up there and cause all kinds of issues over time.

[HarryPotter]

Are the bearings identical between early model and late model?

Yes. I am gunna have to say it is possibly the wheel bearing, I don't feel like looking back on the thread but I take it you jacked the car up and shook the wheel with some force? Any movement? Also check everything, check your balljoints, the cab's, the strut mounts, tie rods, sway bar links, and whatnot for possible failure. Make sure nothing is loose.

[Dude]

Replaced the wheel bearing, problem solved, thanks guys!

[HarryPotter]

Good stuff. did you do it yourself? if ya what was the difficulty of the job? I need to tackle this soon.