As it went away when turning left I put it down to a front wheel bearing, but having spent most of yesterday getting it apart to change the bearing I'm a bit miffed to find it's not the wheel bearing
Giving it some thought it sounds a bit like a Landy does with chunky offroad tyres, but with a sort of strobing effect. I checked the tyre and it looks good, no out of round, no odd wear pattern, etc. Would have swapped the wheels around but time to get the bearing out of the upright, and getting the other wheel nuts undone meant I couldn't be arsed.
Could it be the gearbox rear bearing? The seal does leak a bit, but the noise doesn't change with driveline load, but does when braking. And not forgetting the turning left thing .....
Right front bearing going quiet under load?
Had a similar thing with my Smiley that I never did solve, that was load related. Normal load it howled like buggery, lighter or heavier it was gone.
Any ideas?
Jim
