Does this sound like a dead wheel bearing?

[dann2707]

Hey. I've recently done a few things to the front of the car including new wishbones and bushes, new springs and a new shock absorber.

After fitting the new shocks and springs i'm getting a stupidly annoying knocking sound at speeds over 25mph from the o/s

I'm wondering if i've mashed up the wheel bearing when fitting the new shocker, I may have had to give the assembly a few hits from the persuader to locate the shocker properly. The noise is loud!

I've had the car on axles stands and removed the tyres and also the brake calipers to rule them out but it still persists. Heres a vid, the car is a mk4 Ibiza tdi sport.

Cheers!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHh7FhLKmrs

 

[darkhorse]

Difficult to tell, check that nothing is catching the wishbone as the shaft rotates. You may have bent the CV boot clip out and it's just touching the wishbone as it spins

 

[teeth2k]

Does the tone of the noise change when steering

 

[Nath.]

Ive never known a wheel bearing cause a knocking noise. They normally cause a drone noise that gets louder with speed and even louder when turning a bend and the weight of the car leans onto the side with the faulty one.