Heavy vibration when turning right??

[Ross]

Hi guys,

One for the dag-dag forum here; have a MkIV Golf TDi as my commuting car. Just had it in for a full service, had a light vibration from front-driver side when turning right, more pronounced with more speed but worst around 50-60mph. Garage said 'wheel bearing' which was what I thought, today they checked both sides and changes driver side as it had slight play.

Thing is - the problem is still there and if anything worse now! It's been getting worse over the past few days. It's not the front brakes, nothing rubbing although that's what it sounds like, thinking about it I can only figure it could be a CV joint or the front diff...

Any ideas or BTDT, the garage were really perplexed. Suggested they could rig some diagnostic thing to try and track the vibration, or change the CV joint and keep fingers crossed...

[Jamo]

Engine mounts, has it had a cambelt recently?

[Ross]

No, cambelt done 40,000 ago. Will check out the engine mounts when it's light again

[driftin jo]

Sounds like it could be outer cv joint , a mates polo had same symptoms and thats what it was.