I just finished my b20 swap.... motor run pretty good so far, but my car makes a loud ass grinding sound (sounds like metal on metal but not loud pitch'd or anything) when I turn HARD left or HARD right. Basically if I turn the wheel all the way to the right or left when I'm moving, the car will grind like that. It doesn't make the sound when I'm not moving though. At first I thought it was my 16" rims rubbing the fenders... I'm not entirely sure it's NOT that, but it sounds more like metal grinding or something....

Anyone got any clues?

My manual steering rack seems to make a loud CLUNK noise when I was manually pushing it left and right to put the axles back in... The driver axle seem'd pretty new to me (new car) and the passenger side axle I just redid the inner CV boot with grease and all (didn't check or open the outer boot though).

 

since the axles/cvboots seem to be ok, i would say check the engine mounts. and check the outer cv boots as well.

 

hmm, why would the engine mounts grind?

This is my 2nd swap I've done.... Never had that problem wtih the first one...... Just curious....

I really prefer not to rip open a perfectly good boot just to check...... If anything, if it's the axles, I'll just get new ones this time...

anyone else think it'st he axles? sorta weird that they would only make a sound when turning HARD left/right though...

 

if the engine mount is bad, when the car is at a somewhat hard turn, itll vibrate and cause a sound that seems similar to a "grinding" noise. the mount isnt the problem all the time, but it does happen enough not be a "rare case."

as for the boots...i didnt mean to take it apart, but just visually check it to see if it seems to be in decent condition.

it could be the axles...and it could be one of the engine mounts... :dunno:

 

oh..... no, i had the axles out..... the boots were all good... I replaced the only one that had a loose belt thing with new grease and a belt clip...

 

UPDATE:

The car actually makes that sound when turning slightly too. It's like a rubbing/sanding/grinding sound. It also makes a high pitched sound sorta like the rotor dust pan is touching it (but I checked, and it's not) when turning LEFT... But NO knocking sound like bad cv boots or anything... BOTH sounds sound like it's coming from the LEFT/DRIVER side axle/rotor/suspension.

Not sure if this means anything, but I did check the wheel bearings like almost everyone suggested. Both wheels do seem to have a slight play when I rock the rotor back and forth (when the car is jacked). Not much though, but both do it.

I found out the left front suspension does something pretty weird. I dont' know if the left one does it but when I turn the front right rotor with my hands from right to left (Imitating steering RIGHT), it SHAKES the motor. IS this normal? I don't have an A/C mount yet but that just seemed weird to me. I have a crappy movie clip of it. Check it out...

http://home.socal.rr.com/tr0ll/motor/axle.wmv

Also, I'm not sure if I put the axle in all the way. The last time I did a swap on my integra, I never really paid attention how close the gaps are suppose to be. Here are a few pix of the driver axle. Anyone see any problems?

http://home.socal.rr.com/tr0ll/motor/inter.jpg
http://home.socal.rr.com/tr0ll/motor/axle1.jpg
http://home.socal.rr.com/tr0ll/motor/axle2.jpg

 

mine doesnt look like that

 

You mean the small gap? Cuz the rotor is actually turned all the way right so that's why it looks bent...

The gap is what i'm asking about. That small gap.. BOth of my axles have it... It's not all the way up against the wheel hub/rotor

 

yeah the gap....mine doesnt have that