WP Fiesta drive shaft bearing problem

[luvpsi]

Hi guys i am new to this forum and have just purchased a WP Fiesta LX.. i have one question, there seems to be some bearing like noise coming from the front drivers side and my mechanic put it down to a some bearing that sits near the CV joint on the drive shaft??

Anyone had an issue with these at all?

[dannyhilton]

Hi mate. I didn't have any issue with my CV joints after nearly 100,000km. How many clicks does your Fiesta have? When I had my WP Zetec I had an issue with the drive belt near the drivers side wheel. They replaced that and she was fixed. After it got warm is would squeal, sometimes loud, sometimes very quiet. What sort of noise is it? I think I have a recording of the noise my car was making, I'll dig it up. I also had an issue with the passengers side rear drum brake making a horrible squeal, which was fixed by some pressured water as it was full of dirt!

[luvpsi]

Originally Posted by RapidTyphoon

Hi mate. I didn't have any issue with my CV joints after nearly 100,000km. How many clicks does your Fiesta have? When I had my WP Zetec I had an issue with the drive belt near the drivers side wheel. They replaced that and she was fixed. After it got warm is would squeal, sometimes loud, sometimes very quiet. What sort of noise is it? I think I have a recording of the noise my car was making, I'll dig it up. I also had an issue with the passengers side rear drum brake making a horrible squeal, which was fixed by some pressured water as it was full of dirt!

The noise is similar to wheel bearing noise and is coming from the centric bearing on the the drive shaft.. the faster i got the more noise it produces, it sounds like grinding or something similar! The car has 90k kms on it.

[dannyhilton]

In that case no man, I haven't experienced that. My noise was more of a 'whine' so you've got a different kettle of fish on your hands than I did. Ignore me, go with the mechanic. Not sure if anyone else has head bearing/CV issues before 100k?

[fiestaz]

mines done a touch under 100k and it isnt having anything like that...

[Dustproof]

Originally Posted by luvpsi

The noise is similar to wheel bearing noise and is coming from the centric bearing on the the drive shaft.. the faster i got the more noise it produces, it sounds like grinding or something similar! The car has 90k kms on it.

I had this problem with my Focus, the Drivers side Drive Shaft Bearing failed. It was replaced under manufacturers warranty and works fine now, these things happen with all makes and models.

This is not a problem all Fiesta's have but bearings will fail from time to time, I wouldn't worry about it. Once it has been fixed it might be good for another 100,000Km's.

[csv8]

but if not under warranty, how much to fix ?? I expect it will be expensive as all Euro's are.

[luvpsi]

Originally Posted by csv8

but if not under warranty, how much to fix ?? I expect it will be expensive as all Euro's are.

Bearing itself is $241 from ford as no one else seems to have a listing for it.. Proabably will need a couple of hours of labour to remove the shaft etc.