Lately ive been hearing a grinding noise when travling at low speeds ( like driveway, parking lot). The noise is coming from the front? Possibly and only happens for a few seconds...now i dont think it happens when im using the brakes but it happens only sometimes. Now i just did OEM front brakes and pads and i just did motor mounts any ideas?


01 CL Type S auto.

 

Brakes,axles,wheel bearings,Abs sensor rubbing.Any of those could cause a similar sound.
Do you feel anything in the steering wheel when the noise is present ?

 

check and see if it happens when braking for sure.

 

Well idont feel friction at all when it happens

 

car pulling at all when your hearing the noise.

 

No its at really low speed...the grind is for like a second


Could it be my exhaust ? Creeking ?

 

exhaust,I dont know how the exhaust would make a grinding noise unless hanger were bent and rubbing noise.
I would say from wheel area ,Hard to say with out being in the car.

 

You probably have a front shock going out

 

check ur heat shield on your brakes maybe they bent it.

 

or your exhaust heat shield

 

I hope your not referring to the ABS check right?

 

you should come by and well go for a spin. 2 pairs of eyes and ears is better than one.

and i've fixed a lot of shit on my car

 

Could be the innards if your cat rattling around. Mine did it. Sounded like that. Had to replace my cat converter.

 

Well update...took my pops for a ride...he says it sounds like a bushing that needs to be "lubed" ill take my brother out for a spin on saturday...it rianined yesterday and sounded worse...only when its damp out its loud.

 

Well since you changed brakes and wheels recently i would look into that first, unless you noticed the noise before then. I was getting a weird clicking noise from my rear passenger brakes after i had them installed but it went away within a few days.

 

I think it was before i did my brakes...but this car has had alot , alot alot of strange ass noises...first week on the road i got a nail in the tire, rear wheel bearing and motor mounts all go...

 

Bad wheel bearing mayb?

 

I bet one of your front shocks are going out. A bad shock will result in exactly what your descri
bing

 

If thats what it is Jacob...then coils FTW!

 

You said it was at low speeds, but if it was the shock i would assume you would say "when going over bumps" and it would be at all speeds.

 

my guess is a sway bar link is going or ball joint.. but that should be evident.... mine similar noise was in the rear and I just took the liberty of putting on moog links and a rear sway bar instead (huge difference) and problem solved... and then some =-)

plus moog links are re-greaseable

 

If its the busing in the front then its when the front is down...low speeds its down...this is very weird...

 

open ur trunk and jump on the back.. try and get things to move... then u can see where it's at

my noise only occurred when goings slow also.. and only in certain situations

 

THIS!!! Was it like a creaking noise?

 

and moisture only made it worse... which makes perfect sense since it collects inside the end link where there is little or no grease and voila. u have ur culprit

is it from the front or back

but this is speculation... i'd have to hear the noise to say for sure you should replace it

 

It sounds like the front right...but my wheel bearing also sounded like the front and it came from the back...so what do you say it is?

 

i say come by and we'll see what it is