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Old 03-05-2003 | 02:01 AM
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so...the little winding road in my complex isnt the smoothest but when driving down the road at slow speeds..15-25 the front seems to rattle n' rumble..now I already went throught the brake system and put on new pads and rotors after it sat fer' four years ..all I can think is that its the struts makin noise??? now up until this car everything I drive is big and has a V8 and has shocks ..no struts... any opinions?
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your ball-bearings might be lose?
I hope your lug nuts are torqued to spec...
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I'm no expert, but I'm thinking wheel bearings. Especially if it does it more when you turn one way or the other. Struts don't really make noise, that I'm aware of. I can only think of three possibilities:

tire noise
wheel bearing
brake pad dragging on rotor (not coming back off all the way)
well, could be lugnuts too I suppose, so make it 4 possibilities.

good luck!
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