I noticed while turning into my driveway to the right I hear a shooshing sound from my front left tire, I also noticed that if I'm taking off from a stop sign and go either right or left I feel a intermittent wheel hop 2-3 times and everything is fine.

I'm thinking it may be my wheel bearings or perhaps a bad control arm? Any help would be great.

I have a R50 -2006 - 5 speed.

Cheers

 

If you look under and if the CVT boot is broken on the drive axle, it should be the problem.

 

You think a CV Boot would be causing these issues? I'll take a peek under the car and see.

 

My CV Boot has been ripped for a couple weeks.....i should fix it soon. Mine hasnt been making any noise at all.

 

Sort of.... the boot causes the CV joint to go bad which causes noises during turns often (like a grinding)
This may not be the issue, but worth a check..


It won't until all the grease is tossed or washed out and the thing tears itself apart. Checking the boot is a quick way to narrow it down, though it isn't impossible the thing is a bad without the boot torn, as far as I know, a torn boot always ends badly.

 

My front left CV boot seems fine, doesn't look damaged or torn at all. So I doubt this may be my problem. Anybody else have a hunch concerning this issue?

 

It's the shock tower combined with what might be the axel. I had the same issue. If you don't get it fixed the shock will be soon to go. I waited and had a $2,300 dollar job done by mini. Ouch.

 

I take it you have low profile tires? Not a good idea for terrible streets like the ones here in LA.

 

This car is bone stock. Stock rims and stock winter tires by Mini. Car has never been driven hard either.

 

My car is going to the shop after the holidays, I noticed I had a bad hanger on my exhaust system, might be that knocking on my car.

I've been reading a lot about these symptoms, most point towards bad engine or tranny mounts.