I have a popping sound in the right front of the car when I'm turning left. I can feel it thumping in the pedals. I thought it was the axle/cv joint so I replaced it today. It is still doing the same thing with the new axle in it. I notice it more at very low speeds. Any ideas?

 

This may seem strange, but how many miles are on the front brake pads? The reason I ask, my car did the same thing, I came across a thread that talked about the pads may need changed. Now I've been around cars my whole life, never heard of such a thing. My car made a grinding/popping sound, low speed turning left. I checked and sure enough my passenger side front inside pad was digging into the rotor. That was at 31,000 miles on pads. Not sure if that's your problem, but easy to check.

Mike

 

Thanks. My brakes have about 15k on them. I checked the pads when I changed the axle today and they look like they have quite a bit of life left on them. I may change them just to see if it fixes the problem though.

 

Does it sound more like a grinding? OR the springs binding?

 

No, it definetely is a popping sound that I can feel in the pedals. Whether I put the brake on or not, if I'm turning left it's always the same. I first noticed it a couple weeks ago. At the time it was hardly there, but over the past couple weeks it's gotten a lot worse. It used to be only there if I was going slow and turning hard. Now it's there regardless of how fast I'm going and how little I'm turning. It just does it more if I'm going slow and turning hard.

 

Its most likely the top hat, I had this happen to me and it ended up being that the bearings in the top hat went bad and they were sticking..

 

Where did you get them from? Is there anyway I can check to see if that's it?

 

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Is this it?

 

I bought mine from the Mitsubishi dealer, I think it was like 50 shipped or something..

There's no real way to look at it without taking it all apart, I know you can take the cap off and pull away all the grease, You can see the bearings but you cant spin them to see if they are binding..

 

I was thinking it was in the hub assembly. I guess I don't know where the top hat is.

 

this is what the tophat looks like,

 

And heres were its located...Sorrry for the crappy PS..I suck at it i know..

 

Its called the pillow mount...Sadly I replaced mine cuz they where cracking causing the car to creek going over bumps etc. I upgraded to Cusco Camber plates. Now everytime I turn hard just like you, they "pop" "Bind" Alot of other guys are having this same issue. No body can figure it out yet...But id love to know wtf is wrong with it.

 

If this is the problem shouldn't it do it when I turn the wheel while the car is not rolling? When I turn the wheel I don't hear anything, but as soon as the car starts rolling it starts popping.

 

Ohh when its rolling..hmmm you said you changed your axle right? I have no idea maybe the suspension gurus can chime in..