bad driver side axle?

[edikshion]

Every time I take a right turn there is a grinding noise coming from sometimes the front and sometimes the back . If I take a right turn and accelerate slowly then no noise , but if I give it gas or load it makes a grinding noise ( almost sounds like a tire rubbing on something , but its not) When there is people in the car the sound gets louder and worse. I am thinking it is the driver axle because it doesnt make the sound when im just turning right but when I give it gas when im taking a right turn . I checked under the car and both control arm joints are torn but that wouldnt make a grinding noise when im turning right?

The noise.... deep Sound ,like 2 rubber/plastic rubbing together , no metal on metal.... yet.

 

[starfish]

are you sure you checked all the plastics in the wheel wells?sounds like when you turn your tire to the right its hittin against the well covers.Stock rims?

 

[bryceorbiter]

Mine did that right before my axle died. If you pull into a driveway slowly but still accelerating then its probably the axel. The other symptom i had was the steering would jerk once in a great while. If it does get it fixed immediately, it sucks to have to flat bed your car home after a shop tells you its the control arm.

 

[edikshion]

well my car originally came with rs rims (14 inch rims with high profile tires ) then i bought the gs rims ( 16" with med profile tires ) but i look around and theres no symptoms of the wheel hitting the walls or anything , anyways these are pictures of my cv joint driver side , other side is exactly the same

Pictures are upside down btw
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[Locke]

Replace those ball joints, before they kill you.

Grinding can come from ball joints, (usually while the wheel is being turned, or going over bumps) axles, (usually manifests as a popping sound, though) brakes, and wheel bearings.

 

[edikshion]

okay well is there any articles on how to replace these suckers?

 

[barza21]

I will replace my driver side soon. Mine doesnt sound like grinding though, it is more like a "clank" sound every time I take a right turn. Like other people said check the ball joints. Just take it to Mitsubishi and they will look into it.