WoolyFox
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Hello all again,
Something that's been annoying me since I bought the car just under 2 weeks ago, when turning left at around 1/2 lock there is a distinct rubbing noise coming from the OSF tyre (driver's side front tyre just to be sure). The outside shoulder on the tyre is also worn. There is no noise turning right.
I had new rear tyres fitted this morning and had a 4 wheel alignment done to see if this would fix the shoulder wear. It fixed a separate issue with my steering wheel not being straight when the wheels were but the rubbing noise is still there at 1/2 lock when turning left.
I suspect the wheel is catching on something while turning left but cannot see what it could be as there are no obvious wear marks on the wheel lining or even the chassis. Unless I am missing something does anyone have an idea of what it is?
Also a more worrying sign, when I was testing this out in concrete car park, the front tyres left nice black tyre marks. Would this mean my front diff is locked or a dragging brake?
Just to add, the tyre fitter took it for a short test drive to check the alignment and suspects I have a binding brakes or handbrake and worn out rear bushes. I do not know what to make of this but as MOT time is fast approaching I would like to nail this down before going down the long (and possibly expensive) garage route.
Something that's been annoying me since I bought the car just under 2 weeks ago, when turning left at around 1/2 lock there is a distinct rubbing noise coming from the OSF tyre (driver's side front tyre just to be sure). The outside shoulder on the tyre is also worn. There is no noise turning right.
I had new rear tyres fitted this morning and had a 4 wheel alignment done to see if this would fix the shoulder wear. It fixed a separate issue with my steering wheel not being straight when the wheels were but the rubbing noise is still there at 1/2 lock when turning left.
I suspect the wheel is catching on something while turning left but cannot see what it could be as there are no obvious wear marks on the wheel lining or even the chassis. Unless I am missing something does anyone have an idea of what it is?
Also a more worrying sign, when I was testing this out in concrete car park, the front tyres left nice black tyre marks. Would this mean my front diff is locked or a dragging brake?
Just to add, the tyre fitter took it for a short test drive to check the alignment and suspects I have a binding brakes or handbrake and worn out rear bushes. I do not know what to make of this but as MOT time is fast approaching I would like to nail this down before going down the long (and possibly expensive) garage route.