Another noise issue, (Wheel Bearing & Motor Mount), Noise comming from passenger side front end of 95 GT Options

[ETNRIDER]

Hey everyone!! I have not been around much the past couple of months due to school, work, baby, etc !!!! I hope everyone has been doing ok.

Anyway, I have an issue with the front passenger side wheel well of my 1995 GT.

Whats happening:

Nearly everytime I turn to the left I hear a rubbing sound. Sometimes it happens when I am going straight after a left turn. The noise only comes during one spot of the tire rotation, every time the valve stem is at the 5 o’clock position. The noise does not really sound like metal on metal more like a rubber on metal sound.

The car has new brakes, rotors, wheel bearings about 6 months ago.

What I have done:

Took the wheel off and nothing seemed out of place or lose. There were no signs of any wheel rubbing on the tire or inner fender. Switched the front & rear wheel and the noise continued.

What think it may be:

Tie rod end
Sway bar bushing
CV axle
Doubt it but may be a stuck Caliper

I only have Sunday afternoons to mess with my car so please help me diagnose this problem, any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks 6gc!!!

A grateful Etnrider

This post has been edited by ETNRIDER: Oct 22, 2008 - 1:18 PM

[samir0189]

I don't know about any aftermarket mounts, i read some people filled theirs with some kinda stuff that hardens up. I don't really know about that.

Basically the mounts you'll want to change are the front and rear, there is barely any or close to no side to side movement of our engines, so its kinda useless to change them.

the front one and rear one are mounted on a crossmember. it SUCKS. the front one is pretty easy actually. The rear one is a PITA. You will have an extremely hard time getting the mount back in and lining up the holes JUST right to get the bolt in. You might not understand what im saying right now but when you're doing it you'll see. The way that my dad and I finally got it to line up was using a jack and a piece of a 2x4 to jack the engine on the oil pan. I think this is one of the easiest ways to get it to line up. it takes alot of patience, took me and my dad who had no clue what we were doing about 8 hours. The rear mount was frustrating. Definitely a 2 man job!!!!!!!!!