Grinding noise on LHS front wheel

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King The Gr8

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Hi guys

I have a grinding noise generating from the L-F wheel. The noise almost sounds like metal bumping on metal. Strangely, the noise is only audible between 40km/h to 70km/h, heavily bumpy road, and also when I roll the car (pushing to neutral at speed). So much so that it causes the steering wheel and the car to vibrate. Other than that, the old beast still gives a reasonably comfortable ride. Links are reasonably new, ball joints are new, stabilizer bar mounts new, engine mounts new. Please help, tired of guesswork. Should I take the entire wheel, shock absorber, drop link?
 
Can you rotate the wheel off the ground to see if it only happen a with weight on it? If 4wd then all wheels will need to be lifted.
Wheel nut tight?
 
I have been looking at some threads in this forum. Saw some where, someone saying Freelander 1's have a tendency to develop a strut problem. Something about a bolt getting loose. I cannot seem to get to this thread again. Could this be the problem and is the strut problem a real thing with freelanders?
 
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