Can a damaged wheel bearing or ball joint cause a grinding or snapping popping noise to come from the front end of a 1991 Cadillac deville Or does it sound like a wheel clynder or a cv joint Oare the?

Answer 1

ok any of the three can but heres a way to tell where to look first... wheel bearings, would cause a grinding sound and eventually cause the car to pull ,but so will tie rod ends... cv joints will normally pop when taking off if they are worn, and usually do it more when accelerating, or taking off, but they will do it when turning too, they usually seem to quit if running consistent speeds untill trying to accelerate again, them you will check by getting to a consistant speed, then bump the gas kinda hard like trying to speed up, and then let off it on and off and then wait a sec and do again if it pops when you bump the accelerator good and let off it while moving its a cv joint,if you step on the gas and it pops its a cv joint (cv joint it means center velocity) usually it going to be a cv joint if it is thought, you will hear it all the time, on four wheel drive vehicle though it will usually do it with the cv joints too but it usually start from just cornering too tight with the wheel out of alignment. thats the problem with a popping sound, you know but is always smart to check the others too....heres how to check them.... normally tie rod ends only make popping sounds when turning, to check tie rod ends jack one front tire off of the groung and on that same side with steering wheel locked and car in park try to rotate wheel from left to right the way a tire would move if you turned the steering wheel (this does not mean spin the tire) if it moves or seems excessive with steering wheel locked and not moving, its a tie rod end. wheel bearings usuall will make the tires and lug nuts extremely hot when driven for a short distance if too tight.....but may cause a popping sound too if its loose or worn......if its the wheel bearing it will be the harder to be checked. if you check the others and its not them its more than likely going to be the wheel bearing....