Frog type noise up front

[gareth]

Hello,

Hope somebody out there can help or at least relate . .

RE - 99' 996 C4 tiptronic . .

Car was pulling to the right badly, so after troubleshooting a multitude of things, we found that the passenger side front shock was bent, therefore we changed the front shocks and springs on both sides (front only) - Result, the car no longer pulled to the right, we guessed right!.

However, after doing this, my friend and I noticed a frog type gurgling noise appear on the front end, speed around 35 - 50 . . It really does sound like a gurgling frog / Coffee Perculator, a revolving kind of perculator noise, definitly a revolving noise, and it can be heard inside the car in the front wheel / floor area, seems to be at the bottom of the steering column maybe. . . Needless to say, it's driving me nuts.

I so welcome anybody's thoughts . . & Thank you indeedl . .

G.

Edited March 18, 2011 by gareth

[Dharn55]

Did you remove the half shafts from the wheel carriers or did you pull them out of the differential. You need to make sure that the shafts are all the way into the differential so that the races are into the seals. Otherwise you will have differential fluid spraying all over and the differential will be low in fluid. Take off the body pan and have a good look at the differential.

Edited March 18, 2011 by Dharn55

[gareth]

Hey, thanks for the advice . . Somebody told me it would be the bearings, but I am not sure it would make that rotating croaking sound? Again, the sound kind of echoes up through the steering wheel / column, in the area beneath the column I think . .

Thanks again, I will take your advice . .

[prackus]

It *might* be the bearings - especially if they were over tightened on assembly.