Front Left Tyre Noise

[stenve]

hey guys,

picked up a nice new r34 yesterday after a long month or so without a car

great car to drive, however... there is one little annoying problem with the car.

alignment seems to be out as it pulls to the left badly 95% of the time. it also produces a whirring sound.

kinda like "whir whirr whirr whirr" speeding up and slowing down as road speed changes.

i assumed this would be an alignment problem. so i took the car to beaurepairs to have an alignment done (i know beaurepairs arent great but they were close to my work to try and get the problem sorted)

got the car back absolutly no change in the steering feel or noises.

other things to note are car had new lower control arms and ball joints fitted yesterday by nizzpro. also it appears as though must of the important front bushes have been replaced. (they are red so would assume pedders?)

any advice on this?

is it an alignment thing? or perhaps the wheel gone out of balance?

there is some camber wear on the inside of the tyre - could this be causing it?

[stenve]

also could this be a bearing issue?

kinda want to suss what it is before i spend money on new tyres, new bearings etc etc

thanks

[Kinks]

sounds like a bearing issue, but I would question why such a new car needed a lower control arm. I reckon it's hit a kerb.

[Moodles2]

GTR... GT-T ?

[livicuru]

I thought wheel alignment; i had similar issue with my r32; only person who fixed it was a guy who does wheel alignments by eye, standing in pit under the car etc.......i also wasted money trying to do it electronically..

could it be a buckled rim???

[stenve]

anythings possible, there is gutter rash on the drivers side rims (front and rear) i think, cant really remember which side haha

tyres were running 32psi pumped them up to 40psi and it made it a little more bearable. its more of a background noise now which makes me think the tyres are at fault. even the steering feels a little straighter. i'll go up to 44 psi or something and see if it improves again. if it does new tyres maybe.

if it was a bearing issue wouldn't the noise be apparent at all times?

its mainly like 50-80kmph

it's a gt-t. reason for new control arms is apparently the ball joints were worn according to the roadworthy guy. and wouldnt pass without them being fixed.

so previous owner had nizzpro install new lower arms including ball joints before i bought it. they mentioned they werent that bad though. so yeah

shame this is the only problem with the car. but its freaking annoying. have to turn the stereo up to drown it out haha

[livicuru]

umm interesting...sounds like your tyres now..probably cause of the harder compound??

[stenve]

yeah its definatly tyres.

pulled the ones off of my old r33 and tried them on the front. pulling to the left is pretty much all gone.

and its quiet as. so off to the shop to get some new tyres fitted on tuesday. yay!