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Old Nov 12, 2015 | 12:43 PM
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My car has been making some weird noises which I think are related to bad wheel bearings. (roaring sound when going down street louder when turning left and almost disappears when turning right) To check I jacked up my car on both sides using the jacking puck locations and pulled and pushed at 3&9, 12&6 on all of the tires. I had movement on the drivers rear so I am going to replace the rear bearings. When I moved the car back into the parking spot I saw this on the ground next to where the front passenger tire was located







The part is 25 1/4 inches long and 9/16 wide. It has a metal insert which you can see in the picture looking down at the end which bends back on itself like an according. I think it is some type of support or brace but I did not see where anything had fallen off the car. Any help would be appreciated.

The car is a 2001 Convertible MN6 with 154,000 miles.
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Old Nov 13, 2015 | 11:15 AM
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Old Nov 13, 2015 | 11:52 AM
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Are those cooling fins? Looks like a heat sink of some sort. Maybe part of a heat sink for a PS cooler? Crazy guess...
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Old Nov 13, 2015 | 11:58 AM
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pretty sure its from your ac cooling radiator .

This is what mine looked like

maybe check you don't have that crap caught up in the front wheels , might have something to do with the noise ?

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Old Nov 13, 2015 | 12:21 PM
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I would guess your Flux Capacitor had a Semiconductor come loose and fall off... DUDE you may need to replace the ELECTROMAGNETIC CLUTCH before your ISOLATION DIODE takes a dump and ruins the RELUCTOR
Good luck

The others guys might be closer than me..

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Old Nov 13, 2015 | 02:42 PM
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pretty sure its from your ac cooling radiator .

This is what mine looked like

maybe check you don't have that crap caught up in the front wheels , might have something to do with the noise ?

This might actually be it based on what yours looks like. Possible the bottom of mine fell off? Going to be a nice weekend so I will have to break out the jack stands and do some more investigating.
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Old Nov 13, 2015 | 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by 73Corvette
I would guess your Flux Capacitor had a Semiconductor come loose and fall off... DUDE you may need to replace the ELECTROMAGNETIC CLUTCH before your ISOLATION DIODE takes a dump and ruins the RELUCTOR
Good luck

The others guys might be closer than me..
I checked this first. I am sending the appropriate 1.21 gigawatts through the thermal coil. I am however having trouble setting the destination clock but that is a different subsystem and not part of the current problem I am working on.
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