Scraping Noise from Left or Centre at Low Speed

[Stone Rose]

Chaps,

I get a kind of scraping noise from the front (more to the left) at low speeds. It seems much worse when turning left and vanishes when turning right. Once I'm off and going it vanishes.

A friend of mine thought it may be tyre pressure related (I'd over inflated accidently). It change in pressure did make a difference for a bit but it came back.

Can anyone help?

[Matt LHA]

Which Mini do you have?

[Stone Rose]

Cooper 2001

[Spamini]

I have the same problem. Seem to start when I changed my wheels from 15" to 16". I'm wondering if it is the runflat tyres, as I didn't have runflats on my 15" wheels.

[bandrews]

This happens to me too - when I turn right, but not when I turn left. Only at slow speeds when I'm accelerating. Sounds like a table saw grinding on metal........

Edit: 2005 Cooper S, 17" S-Lites, Runflats

[T-bone S]

probably a wheel bearing that has gone dry. Take it on to the dealer to have it checked out. usually a warranty job if you still have manufactors warrenty.

Have experienced a similar kind of thing on a previous car.

[woodman]

Hi Stone Rose,if your running Goodyear 16" runflats its likely it will be the tyres,The remedy is to split the bead and reseal the tyre-with use the Goodyear tyres move on their bead against the wheel rim which causes the rubbing noise-usually goes away with speed

[Electric Blue]

cv joint or bearing, reason its quiet when turning the other way is it takes some of the weight off the part

[Stone Rose]

Chaps,

Thanks for your replies. For the record the sound has now gone. The solution:

Replaced front two, broke the beading on the rears and lubricated. Re-inflated and the noise has gone. Happy days!

Cheers

SR