Front suspension "clunk" during turns (.wav file) - wheel bearing?

[Tim W.]

No it did not.

After 10 days the suspension drained down.

[ayagutak]

ok i rock the x side to side i hear a clicking sound coming from the right front tire section... i did the sway bar control arm upper and lower and the axle, could it be the bearing???

[X5V8RULES]

I was suffering from the same problem: a clunck that can you feel it through your feet and happens only when making a hard turn.( low speed) i changed the front driveshaft and the noise disappeared. Check also your control arm mine was damaged

[ayagutak]

im really get sick of this x it like a bad girlfriend, one day is good the next nothing but problems...... i was drive stop at a light, get ready the go,step on the gas pad, than BANG x wont move than i hear this WYNNIE sound, try R. D.N,P, sport mode NOTHING BUT THAT WYNNIE SOUND, AND THE X will not move no matter what gear its in, i had to call for a tow truck... to bring me back home, wow so many people watching when your BMW breaks LOL, once the x is home off the tow i put it in park it started roll down the F in hill, OK a small hill,we got it stop, the tow truck guy said its the driveshaft . when it wont go in gear i had to used the hand brake in order to make it site.. just one day before this incident i had the right front axle replace... Could anyone tell me whats going on with my x

[X5V8RULES]

it happened to me also. it is the transmission you have to change or rebuild it
i replaced it with a used 2003 trans ( mine is 2001) because the dealer want 5000 without labour

i will keep the X because i have no money to buy another car and because it looks like a brand new car ( in fact it is 11 year old car lol )

[ayagutak]

Are u shore it the tranny and not the drive shaft

[X5V8RULES]

Yeah FOR me it was a blown tranny but it could be also the drive shaft. Check your tranny oil if it contains little metal pieces then it is the tranny

[heuer21]

first of all. Everyone who only changes the CV boot is crazy. You know how much dirt and debris can get in there? Not to mention water and other liquids. Brake clean cant get everything out. Not to mention it will probably only last another 10-20k. Mine are fine and not torn, but I always get mine rebuilt when a boot is torn, which also comes with a lifetime warranty. Costs maybe $80 an axle as well as a core charge. Doesn't matter what kind of car it is. I also have never seen axle splines just slip. Even in accidents.

Wheel bearing making a clunking noise? I have never heard of that. Only grinding. Which happens no matter which way you turn the wheel or accelerate/brake. I am going with a ball joint or something similar. Just because a pry bar and you moving it doesn't make the sound doesnt mean that it is not the problem. The only real way to test ball joints, and joints like them are to detach them and see how easy they are to move. If they are super easy, then they need to be replaced. The only time you can find that the joints are bad when you use a pry bar or pushing on them is when they are really really gone.

Just my 2 cents really. I am not saying that this is your problem, just trying to spread some useful knowledge. I am one of those do it once and do it right kind of guys.

[X5V8RULES]

You are right changing only the cv boot isnt a clever act

[ayagutak]

That much I know I had change the axle, what I'm asking is base on the symptom like a bang coming from under the x the whining sound, none of the gears works if you put it in park without the parking brakes it rolls, the x is dead in the water it doesn't drive anymore if you want to move it know there's two way tow it of push it, so is this a complete tranny failer, or a driveshaft, I need to know the answer because if it's a tranny failer, I'll get it rebuilt, when I have the $ to do it, and if it the driveshaft that a little less expensive that I could fix, I'm think of towing the x to the dealer for a evaluation, if the tranny lol tow it back home, anything else not too expensive they can fix... So guys help me out did I blow the tranny or the driveshaft remember it doesnt move no matter what gear I put it in only that whine sound the paking gear don't work also, it go's in park but the x still rolls no gear work any more