cubsfan24 Posted September 10, 2009 Report Posted September 10, 2009 After driving about a half hours on the interstate, there is this loud clicking sound comming from what sounds to be my front drivers wheel. It did it a couple months ago very quitely but thought it was just a pebble stuck in the tire. Now the past week or so after the car has been driven for a while, the sound has gotten a lot worse. It is totally silent when cold. Also, I just jacked the car up and spun the tire by hand and hear no clicking. Here is the link to the video ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLnCzs3Utb8 HELP! This is very embarrassing.... even more than driving a lumina .. Oh this is on my 96 Lumina with 149k Quote
tunerlover3 Posted September 11, 2009 Report Posted September 11, 2009 Check your brakes. It sounds louder when the brakes are applied. Quote
cubsfan24 Posted September 11, 2009 Author Report Posted September 11, 2009 I was thinking that too but how can you explain why it only does it after the car has been driven for awhile? Also I took the tire off tonight and looked at the rotor/pads and spun the rotor around and everything seemed fine and no clicking noises. This was about 2 hours after I posted the video and took it for another drive and the sound was very quite. After about a half mile drive it got noticeably louder but not as loud as in the video. I guess I will take the caliper off and make sure everything is seated correctly. Anyone have any other ideas on what it could be? Quote
tunerlover3 Posted September 11, 2009 Report Posted September 11, 2009 Could be happening when the brakes get hot. Umm check everything in the front. Ball joints, tie rods, control arm bushings, cradle bushings, top strut bearing. Quote
douellette Posted September 11, 2009 Report Posted September 11, 2009 what about cv shaft? i kno those click when theyre bad Quote
cubsfan24 Posted September 11, 2009 Author Report Posted September 11, 2009 Anyway to test to see if a cv shaft is bad? I looked at the rubber boots last night and they looked good and weren't leaking. Quote
Night Fury Posted September 11, 2009 Report Posted September 11, 2009 CV makes a different noise. It's not them Quote
Jonpro03 Posted September 11, 2009 Report Posted September 11, 2009 My cv clicked before and it seemed like it was a lot faster than that Quote
douellette Posted September 11, 2009 Report Posted September 11, 2009 ive never actually heard a bad cv haha so idk Quote
hotrodolds Posted September 11, 2009 Report Posted September 11, 2009 And, usually, a CV joint failing makes its noise when the front wheels are turned, and throttle is applied. Quote
dodgethis Posted September 11, 2009 Report Posted September 11, 2009 Cubs, just a thought. Do you have hub caps or not? I have a similiar situation and took off the hub cap and it went away. It came backwhen I put the hubcap back on. It's worth a shot. Quote
cubsfan24 Posted September 11, 2009 Author Report Posted September 11, 2009 Cubs, just a thought. Do you have hub caps or not? I have a similiar situation and took off the hub cap and it went away. It came backwhen I put the hubcap back on. It's worth a shot. you are a f-ing genius. Too bad I just spent the last two hours figuring that out myself! Took the wheel off and caliper off and everything seemed fine. Put the tire back on (without hubcap) and NO NOISE!!!!! I put that stupid piece of plastic back on and BAM there it is again. I swapped hubcaps with the passenger side and BAM now the passenger side is clicking. I currently have the faulty hubcap in the rear. If it starts making noise again I will just remove them all. I knew I hated hose plastic things. If my tires weren't in good condition I would get me a set of those aluminum wheels. Oh well all it cost me is a gallon of gas to fix it Quote
rockfangd Posted September 12, 2009 Report Posted September 12, 2009 a classic example of why every vehicle I purchase has to have aluminum rims. Not tacky or noisy lol Quote
xtremerevolution Posted September 12, 2009 Report Posted September 12, 2009 a classic example of why every vehicle I purchase has to have aluminum rims. Not tacky or noisy lol x2. Alloy wheels are cheap at a junkyard. Here in cali you can get wheels for $20 a pop. Quote
cubsfan24 Posted September 12, 2009 Author Report Posted September 12, 2009 I would love to but I would have to get new tires. Unless I could find a set with decent tires on them I just don't have the money to blow on something that isn't necessary. Find me a set with decent tires for <$150 and id do it . Oh and the closest junkyard to me charges $18.99 + $15 core for a aluminum wheel! I think they haven't adjusted the prices since last summer when aluminum was so high. For some reason tires get picked over very fast at that junk yard. Quote
dodgethis Posted September 12, 2009 Report Posted September 12, 2009 Yea my tires are slowly getting close to bald, I thought I would go to j/y get some of the lumina aluminum 16 inch alloys and put new michellins on them. Quote
occupant Posted September 13, 2009 Report Posted September 13, 2009 lifters tickin/accelerator stickin/somethin on my left front wheel keeps clickin/ But you ain't rollin a deuce and a quarter, so I can't help you... Quote
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