These are issues that I've had since I bought the car back in February but haven't been able to resolve them yet. The noises are as follows:
1. A clicking noise coming from the front of the vehicle (mostly the passenger side) when I'm slowing down at low speeds, and it goes away when I press the brake pedal. No problems with the brakes themselves and the ABS works properly. Rotors and pads are nearly new, and there's no rubbing of the tires in the fenderwells.
2. A noise coming from the front that I could best describe as the jingling of small ballbearings in a tin can when I go over speed bumps or hit a pothole. The last few days I've also been hearing a mild clunk. I've already recently replaced inner/outer tie rod ends, ball joints, steering rack bushings, and end links. These cured the bumpsteer and the car now pulls up straight under braking instead of pulling to the left so those two issues were resolved, but not this one. My exhaust is catless so it's not loose material inside cats causing the jingling sound.
3. A howling/moaning sound that's most pronounced at about 50-60mph, and becomes higher-pitched when I go faster. I sometimes feel the moaning sound transmitted through the steering especially when I'm turning a left corner but also when I'm driving in a straight line. The sound is hard to localize making it more difficult to diagnose, but it's definitely not the wheel bearings 'cause there's no noise when I spin the front wheels and the car's jacked up. The rear diff was recently rebuilt with new bearings and 3.73 r&p with the backlash correctly set, and the same noise was there even before this work was done.
I'm planning to have the front control arm and the front anti-sway bar bushings replaced with urethane units but I'm not convinced that these will resolve all three issues above.
What else would you suggest?
1. A clicking noise coming from the front of the vehicle (mostly the passenger side) when I'm slowing down at low speeds, and it goes away when I press the brake pedal. No problems with the brakes themselves and the ABS works properly. Rotors and pads are nearly new, and there's no rubbing of the tires in the fenderwells.
2. A noise coming from the front that I could best describe as the jingling of small ballbearings in a tin can when I go over speed bumps or hit a pothole. The last few days I've also been hearing a mild clunk. I've already recently replaced inner/outer tie rod ends, ball joints, steering rack bushings, and end links. These cured the bumpsteer and the car now pulls up straight under braking instead of pulling to the left so those two issues were resolved, but not this one. My exhaust is catless so it's not loose material inside cats causing the jingling sound.
3. A howling/moaning sound that's most pronounced at about 50-60mph, and becomes higher-pitched when I go faster. I sometimes feel the moaning sound transmitted through the steering especially when I'm turning a left corner but also when I'm driving in a straight line. The sound is hard to localize making it more difficult to diagnose, but it's definitely not the wheel bearings 'cause there's no noise when I spin the front wheels and the car's jacked up. The rear diff was recently rebuilt with new bearings and 3.73 r&p with the backlash correctly set, and the same noise was there even before this work was done.
I'm planning to have the front control arm and the front anti-sway bar bushings replaced with urethane units but I'm not convinced that these will resolve all three issues above.
What else would you suggest?