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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: fiend61 on 04 February 2011, 12:53:46

Title: rear noise
Post by: fiend61 on 04 February 2011, 12:53:46

hi all
right my car has just started making a strange noise from the rear somewhere but only from cold and only when driven in reverse (manual box) it sounds like something rubbing or the sound a drying bearing makes, thing is it doesnt do it when warmed up or when the car is pushed,
i'm stumped  :-/
any help in what i should be checking  :(
thanks

Title: Re: rear noise
Post by: iainb on 04 February 2011, 13:58:18

Hi, I would check the exhaust mounting rubbers as when they ware you can get movement in the pipes.
Try pushing the exhaust from side to side and see if the systems just rubs on the dif....as mine did !

Title: Re: rear noise
Post by: fiend61 on 05 February 2011, 02:43:37

see where you are coming from iainb  ;) but it would do that going forward not just in reverse i would have thought also when being pushed would create the noise aswell  :-/
this only happens when cold and driven slowly in reverse  :'(
is there anything that could be 'drying' out  :question

Title: Re: rear noise
Post by: freecall666 on 05 February 2011, 04:03:23

have you jacked up the rear with both wheels off ground and spin the wheels to check the dif???

Title: Re: rear noise
Post by: pscocoa on 05 February 2011, 08:59:10

possibly hand brake shoes - seem to recall this on mine in the distant past

Title: Re: rear noise
Post by: Andy H on 05 February 2011, 09:44:13

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possibly hand brake shoes - seem to recall this on mine in the distant past

Chances are that the handbrake actuator mechanisms have partially seized and aren't releasing straight away.

Title: Re: rear noise
Post by: fiend61 on 06 February 2011, 20:35:40

looks like a strip down and have a look then  :'(
thank god for the guides on here  :y

Title: Re: rear noise
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 06 February 2011, 22:03:10

rear bushes come to my mind..