Just a thought...
Does the sound go away if you apply the brakes lightly?
If it does, it may just be the brake pads rubbing a bit differently
as a result of your hard braking on the course or maybe
you picked up some grit on the pads or something.
Just an idea.
-Stacey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Rine" <geratol@hotmail.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 4:22 PM
Subject: Is it my wheel bearings?
> After the last AutoX I was driving home (1.5 hour trip) with all my autoX
> junk in the car so things were rattling but then I heard a rapid low pitch
> quiet "whomping" coming from the front of the car. I couldn't tell if it was
> the grooves in the road or not but it seemed that if I accelerated then let
> off the gas quickly it got louder then quieter as the car slowed down. It
> kind of sounded like one of the front wheels could have been loose but I
> checked them and they were fine. The noise doesn't happen at low speeds,
> just on the freeway around 70 and up and it's louder the faster I go.
>
> My car has 20,900 miles and has been through 28 autoX events.
>
> I'm hoping it's just my street tires getting hard and transferring more road
> noise through the car but with the National Tour only 3 days away I have
> been getting super paranoid about noises that my car makes(Like I'm not
> already).
>
> -Jeremy Rine
> #12 DSP
>
>
>
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