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Thanks! I'll keep these in mind

 

I just got home from the workshop, had the wheel bearing changed.
No whining noise this far, I hope it stays that way!

 

So I've lost quite some posts as well, but shit happens. (thanks a lot for saving the rest btw!!)
So, to continue:


Aaand whining noise came back

Along with other noises and symptoms
I hear a strange noise around 30-50 kph, as the wheels spon, like "wrum-wrum-wrum". I hope it's just that the winter set of wheels are not in good shape (I hear it for a while now), but I hear it mostly when accelerating or deccelerating in gear :S Will change them back to summer set anyways on this weekend.

The other one is when I'm starting off (normally, not hard on the throttle) and the steering wheel is rotated. The car moves and at a time the steering wheel starts to shake in my hand and I feel a strange grinding. If I start very gently, it doesn't make it. I also feel the steering wheel quite hard to turn and weird.

Is my power steering pump or my differential dieing? Or both?

 

Thanks for the input, will see if it disappears after wheels change.

 

Thanks! I will check them.

 

I already checked that, it's not low on level, and it's not leaking anywhere. Or is there anything else to check?

 

Okay I'll check that too. Just to clarify, is it the wrum-wrum noise or the whining noise you are talking about?


Wheels has been changed and CV joints has been checked.
The front left winter wheel had some grease on the inside, the CV let it out through the inner smaller part of the boot. Clamp has been replaced and some grease has been put in.
The right CV let out a lot of grease last year due to loose clamp, and it seems like it wasn't filled up when that clamp was replaced, because it drained the rest of the grease.

Now as I came home the whining seemed to be lower in volume, and it seemed it's making it at a much less intensity. I thought it was solved and I was happy, but I drove around afternoon as well, and the whining was the same again. Loud, iritating and only if going under 40-30kph
I will check and listen to the other two symptoms as well, I haven't experienced the grinding so far.

 

Yesterday we checked the whining again. Jacked up the left front wheel, and when I turned it a bit forwards and backwards (as much as the diff play is) I could hear that damn sound quietly. It's like a rubber part is touching something and squezing, like when the window cleaner guys are pulling the water from the windows. The only thing we could think of is the rubber seal on the wheel bearing's side. But I have no clue why it does that :S We sprayed some lubricant around it, hoping that some of it will get in, and it maybe helped because I didn't hear it today.

Wrum-wrum is still there, grinding still not experienced, steering wheel is still heavy and strange (could the joint at the firewall be rusty and stuck?)

As soon as I got the ST185 MC, I will take the car to a Toyota specialist guy and leave it there until he sorts out all these annoying things.

 

Could you explain that a little more please? How can I check that? Does it mean that the pump is broken?

The whining was there when the wheels were turning. If I just pushed the car (engine off, gearbox in neutral) I could hear it quietly too.

 

Sadly no, I had that as well in the past, but that was a completely different whining And it was only there when I turned the wheel, not connected to moving and speed.

Was really funky when it did that, I turned the wheel and the help from power steering was there or not completely randomly
It was after the engine swap, I had to tighten the new belt multiple times.

 

Yesterday I grabbed some items for my renewing plans.

First, a headlight assembly for the right and only a frame for the left. My right headlight has some play when open, and sadly it's not the connecting rod, but the inner side joint, where it's rotating when opening and closing. I thought it just would be easier if I replace the whole thing.



When I got home, I realised that I should bring the headlight opening motor as well, because my right side one has it's bolts cracked :\



The other thing is the moving mechanism of the front wipers. In february I noticed that my wipers are moving extremely slow. First I thought it was the electric motor that moves them, but after I disassembled it, I saw that the passenger side rotating part is totally jammed. The driver side was fine, I could rotate it easily. I gave it a bunch of rust remover and rotated it first by force, and then by hand, as it get smoother. I put it back because I couldn't afford to not have the wipers working in winter, but it has to be done properly.
That part is what I'm talking about:



That's the other one from my spare car, and it was exactly in the same condition (driver side okay, passenger side cannot be moved by hand).
I've been told that it has to be disassembled and cleaned, and it will be fine, but just cannot find out how to do it. How does it come apart? Did anyone do this before?

 

Finally!
The ST185 master cylinder has arrived today. I can take the car now to install it among with the Goodridge brake hoses, and to look at the source of strange noises (thanks for everyone for the input on those, I will tell the guy what you recommended )