Hurro,

 

WELL, I took broomdey into Toyota for it's 60,000klm service, and I asked them to look into the noise in the front end.

 

Well it turns out that the car needs a new Driveshaft and other bits, total cost $800 including labour....*heart stopped* then I remembered...I've got warranty!!!! So I asked if it was covered, and it WAS!!!

 

So, next week I'm getting new driveshaft and front bits!

 

I love Toyota's and their extended warranty!

 

So, here's the silly question.....

 

 

What exactly is the driveshaft?? Is that the bit that the CV joints join onto on each side??

 

 

Lesley :P

So, here's the silly question.....

What exactly is the driveshaft?? Is that the bit that the CV joints join onto on each side??

Lesley :D

 

do we need to answer that :P

 

oh and yeah ur on the money with answering ur own questions :S

driveshaft in FF cars is like an axel, goes from hte gearbox to the wheels. in a FR car it goes from the gearbox to the dif, then transfers to axels.

 

it's fairly elementary, my gf who knows nothing about her corolla knew what a driveshaft is.

So I picked up the car a couple of nights ago, it was 1 degree *cold* but holy moley the turbo liked it, It has never, ever, felt like that before, it was as though a little tap of the foot made me leap forward and the pssshhhttt ing was in full force.

 

So, of course I took it for a cruise...BUT the front wheels sound like the tyres want to strip themselves off my rims...best example, I have a RC car and when you chuck it round corners too fast the rubber comes off the rims....that's what I imagine is happening at the front end, there's not as much noise as before, unless I'm doing somewhere between 70 and 90 round a 45-55k bend.

 

So, should I take it back to them and have a look at it, or is it just normal tyre noise??! The tyres are about 3 weeks old.

 

Lesley :ninja:

The tyres on your RC car need gluing on. :ninja:

 

as for your car tyres, is it just road noise?.....make sure you have the correct pressures in them first :bash:

what size are the tyres?

sounds like a high sidewall rolling over, mine do it all the time