Front end drone

[Thompatruck]

Hi guys,

Just joined as i've just got a 6n2 1 litre, I presently own and maintain 4 cars (and the wife's got one ) live in Newcastle and can be regularly found on the end of a spanner .......for my sins!

Everyone starts with a question and here's mine...... I've got a droning noise that seems to be coming from the N/S front, appears about 30mph and gets louder the faster you go, it is still present when I knock it out of gear and it's not the wheel bearing on that side as I changed it this weekend (Hmmm that was fun removing the driveshaft!) I don't think it's the drivers side bearing as I've jacked it up and run the wheel to about 60mph without any major noises.

Any ideas?

[greyjasper51]

Not to argue but not all new bearings are good ones... Only other than that could be tyres or a cv joint in the shaft.... Havent noticed any cv grease about have you? Split the boot and knocked a cv joint out?

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[Thompatruck]

I know what you mean about the bearing but the sound and pitch of the noise hasn't altered since changing the bearing so I assume it's not that. If a CV had gone i'd expect the noise to change on cornering which it doesn't and there is no clicking either. Both CV's are clean with no breaks/leaks and the n/s driveshaft came out to get the hub off and looked alright. The only thing I could find was a little play in the gearbox end of the o/s driveshaft but surely there should be some?

The noise sounds like i need to change up a gear (when I don't) and as I say it's a rotational noise which continues when the clutch is depressed but it "sounds like" it's coming from where the gearbox is, nice and smooth through the gears though.

[Thompatruck]

Do the driveshafts or more specifically the joint next to the gearbox on the offside driveshaft wear? And if so would this droning noise be a symptom?

Are the driveshaft's the same for all versions of the polo? will a 6n fit a 6n2 or are they specific?

Thanks