Bearing/driveshaft noises

Hi Folks,

I have a 2001 Freelander TD4 and am a relative novice with mechanical work, although I have done some work on previous cars.

My Freelander has two noises which I'm puzzling over.

The first is a high pitched noise a bit like the noise crickets make in tropical countries. It's not terribly loud and coming from the front passenger side corner somewhere. It happens a good proportion of the time I'm driving the car. Seems to be getting slowly worse. I'm wondering if its a wheel bearing going. Thoughts?

I also get a kind of 'tock-tock-tock' noise when I go round tight-ish right hand corners. This is from the same general area of the car. I'm thinking drive-shaft, maybe?

Grateful for any thoughts on the possibilities. I find when you ask the experts they'll often go "Oh, yeah! That's your x, y or z going..."

So that's what I'm hoping for here! ;-)

Cheers,

Matt

Sounds like left cv joint its better to change drive shaft I got mine from 4x4 island for under £80

I agree with rhodie - the slower 'tock-tock' noise is likely to be a Constant-Velocity joint.

The higher pitched sound is likely to be the VCU support bearings.

Have a search and swot up on it.

Singvogel.

Try tightening the bolt under the glovebox on the left side. That was my tropical cricket. Cicada?

Hi guys,

Many thanks for these replies. I'll do a bit of reading and see what I can come up with. The 'tock-tock' noise is getting worse, which at least means it should get easier to diagnose...

I'll also try tightening the bolt under the glove box! You never know, it could be the cicadas! ;-)

Matt