Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 16:54:10 +0100 From: "Alan Buckingham" <sspd2nopsamex.ac.uk> Subject: A costly problem that I cannot seem to fix!
I am really becoming very exasperated by this problem I have with my Saab 900 turbo which is costing me a bomb to rectify. I hope someone can give me some advice before I fork out yet more money in vain. Over the last few weeks I have replaced the nearside wheel bearing, ball joint, shock and now the CV joint in order to get rid of this problem but it still exists. The symptoms are as follows: when I accelerate hard from low speed I usually (but not always) get a thumping/judder from the nearside. From the steering wheel it feels like the driveshaft is bent. At higher speeds I do not have this problem. The other symptom (which may be related or may be not) is a grinding feeling when I corner hard on this wheel (i.e. going round tight right-hand bends). It cannot be the wheel bearing because I have had it renewed and have checked it myself for movement and/or roughness. The one possibility I am left with is the inner universal joint. The Haynes manual (hopeless as it is) suggests that a symptom of a worn inner joint is vibration on acceleration. Is this a likely cause? I hope someone can provide some suggestions, Thank you, Alan Brighton
