Help please - found random ballbearings

[shittywok]

Hi everyone,

Thanks for reading and helping with this. Hopefully it's just a random event but I have a feeling it's not.

So I have stock 2007 ZR6 sitting on BC coilovers and replaced slotted rotors.

After doing a service (oil and tyre rotation) I found seven 3mm ball bearings on the ground at the front driver side wheel. Didn't notice till moving the car afterwards.

When jacking up the passenger side for the tyre rotation there was a loud snap on the driver side which sounded like timber snapping under weight, I thought nothing of it as I drive up onto timber planks so I can fit the jack underneath lol.

Whilst the driver side wheel was off I noticed oil clumped at the inner CV boot clamp (old though), and some at the bottom of the outer CV boot (old but some fresh coming out still so I think there's a hole there). Nothing else seemed wrong but I wasn't looking for the ball bearing mystery at this stage.

A short 100m drive afterwards didn't give any hint of anything wrong.

The last week or so I've had a mid ranged squeal when turning right at near full lock, probably all that CV grease loss.

My question is where could these ball bearings have come from?

Thanks guys and girls.

 

[campbeam]

My guess is that the 3mm ball bearings have most likely come from the strut mount bearing.

[DJScope]

On 25/08/2018 at 1:51 PM, campbeam said:

My guess is that the 3mm ball bearings have most likely come from the strut mount bearing.

I second this.