buckethead Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Ok, so i've noticed for the past week or so i'm getting a strange clicking noise from my front left wheel. Kinda sounds like baseball card in bicycle spokes. I already checked my tire for any rocks, nails, etc. that may be hitting the pavement but found nothing. It's not very loud, and i can't feel it at all in the steering or anywhere else. The last thing i had done on my car was my brakes, but that was a month ago, and i didn't notice any noises imediately after. Any ideas on what might cause this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeorge Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 do you have wire hub caps? also check to make sure you cv shaft boot is not ripped... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomshado Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 cv or a balljoint, I say cv joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudefyet Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 since you did your brakes, make sure the cailper bolts are tight, they like to come loose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoStudd Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 If it makes the clicking sound when you're taking a turn, then it's most definitely your CV joint. Luckily you can pick up a whole axle assembly from the boneyard for cheap (and if you don't feel like installing it yourself, it doesn't cost much to have it installed by a shop...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartonmd Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Once the "do you have wire wheel covers" question is answered, we can start troubleshooting... I have had 2 sets of those on different cars... EVERY ONE MADE TICKING NOISES!! IT WAS FUCING ANNOYING! This is why I roll with the black steelies with chrome lug-nuts on the 'bonne... less annoying than the constant ticking... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 CV joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoStudd Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 The clicking sound of a bad CV joint is unmistakable if you have the "ear" for it. I've actually had 2 old cars with wire hubcaps and know the sound they make also, and it's nothing like the noise a bad CV joint makes ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 If it makes the clicking sound when you're taking a turn, then it's most definitely your CV joint. Luckily you can pick up a whole axle assembly from the boneyard for cheap (and if you don't feel like installing it yourself, it doesn't cost much to have it installed by a shop...) Why would you want a junkyard part like this installed? Go to NAPA, drop $50 and throw it in. You'll pry want to put a new seal in too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartonmd Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 What you guys are talking about is a CV joint, but we still don't know if it only happens when he's turning... he never said... also, we don't know if he has wire wheel covers... I wouldn't want him to read the thread and since everybody's saying CV joints, go replace half-shafts and it still not be solved. Must ask questions before assuming. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckethead Posted March 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 It's definetely not the CV joint... had that go bad on my last car and it is unmistakable. I do have the wire wheel hubcaps though, so that may be it. Damn i wish i had the money to get a new set of wheels... may just take them off and rock the steelies untill then... rollin' on 14" steelies, that's gangsta! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartonmd Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 EXACTLY!!! NOTHING is more gangsta than rokkin the steelies with the chrome lug-nuts... NOTHING! That's how I roll in my Bonneville... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HokemBokem Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 Oh NO! Last time I heard baseball card in spokes my engine went BOOM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartonmd Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 BTW, I would take the wheel covers off and make sure it stops making the noise before assuming it's nothing... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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