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Clicking from left front
I know this is a long shot, but I thought I'd ask...
Vehicle is a Plymouth Grand Voyager with about 100K miles. I recently noticed a clicking coming from the vicinity of the left front wheel starting at about 50 mph. It seems to be at the speed the wheel rotates, so my first thought was a nail in the tire, second was a CV joint. I jacked up the front end and took a look- the boots on the CV joints are good, rotating the tire by hand I couldn't see or hear anything unusual. Lug nuts are tight. I pried a few bits of gravel out of the tread (month old tires, lotsa tread), didn't find any nails. So I'm stumped. It's hard to troubleshoot something that only appears above 50 mph. Any ideas? -Paul |
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Clicking from left front
If you have cast aluminum wheels then ignore the rest of this.
Try removing the hub cap/ wheel cover and then see if the noise is still there. Could well be a CV joint or wheel bearing. But could also be due to some flex in the plastic wheel cover, or flex in the tire sidewall at 50 mph that is rubbing on the wheel cover. This is what has happened on my Intrepid. Clicks like crazy with the wheel cover in place; no click when the wheel cover is removed. It only cost me a replacement half-shaft to learn that the clicking wasn't coming from the CV joints (since the sound was still there after the replacement). Phil wrote: > I know this is a long shot, but I thought I'd ask... > > Vehicle is a Plymouth Grand Voyager with about 100K miles. I recently > noticed a clicking coming from the vicinity of the left front wheel > starting at about 50 mph. It seems to be at the speed the wheel > rotates, so my first thought was a nail in the tire, second was a CV > joint. > > I jacked up the front end and took a look- the boots on the CV joints > are good, rotating the tire by hand I couldn't see or hear anything > unusual. Lug nuts are tight. I pried a few bits of gravel out of the > tread (month old tires, lotsa tread), didn't find any nails. > > So I'm stumped. It's hard to troubleshoot something that only appears > above 50 mph. > > Any ideas? > -Paul > |
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Clicking from left front
Phil T wrote: > If you have cast aluminum wheels then ignore the rest of this. > > Try removing the hub cap/ wheel cover and then see if the noise is still > there. > > Could well be a CV joint or wheel bearing. But could also be due to > some flex in the plastic wheel cover, or flex in the tire sidewall at 50 > mph that is rubbing on the wheel cover. > > This is what has happened on my Intrepid. Clicks like crazy with the > wheel cover in place; no click when the wheel cover is removed. It only > cost me a replacement half-shaft to learn that the clicking wasn't > coming from the CV joints (since the sound was still there after the > replacement). OK, that's easy enough to check. I'll remove the wheel cover and drive it tomorrow. -Paul |
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philthy wrote: > how fast can u run??? > jack up that side and grab the wheel at the top and bottom then see if it > moves that way if it does then there is a good chance you have a bad > wheel bearing > did you inspect the brakes good?? Thanks for the suggestions. I did check the wheel for play, and looked at the visible part of the brake disc. No play in the wheel. I don't feel anything thru the steering wheel either. -Paul |
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Clicking from left front
Phil T wrote: > If you have cast aluminum wheels then ignore the rest of this. > > Try removing the hub cap/ wheel cover and then see if the noise is still > there. > Now this is strange- I drove it without the plastic wheel cover and it did it one more time then stopped. It seems to be gone. I'll try replacing the wheel cover now, but I think what ever it was, it's gone. Thanks for the suggestion. -Paul |
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Phil T wrote: > wrote: > > Phil T wrote: > >> If you have cast aluminum wheels then ignore the rest of this. > >> > >> Try removing the hub cap/ wheel cover and then see if the noise is still > >> there. > >> > > > > Now this is strange- I drove it without the plastic wheel cover and it > > did it one more time then stopped. It seems to be gone. I'll try > > replacing the wheel cover now, but I think what ever it was, it's gone. > > Thanks for the suggestion. > > -Paul > > > > That's weird Paul. Keep us posted. > I put the wheel cover back on, and the clicking is still gone. I don't know what it was, but I'm sure glad it wasn't something serious. -Paul |
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Bill Putney wrote: > wrote: > > > Phil T wrote: > > > wrote: > >> > >>>Phil T wrote: > >>> > >>>>If you have cast aluminum wheels then ignore the rest of this. > >>>> > >>>>Try removing the hub cap/ wheel cover and then see if the noise is still > >>>>there. > >>>> > >>> > >>>Now this is strange- I drove it without the plastic wheel cover and it > >>>did it one more time then stopped. It seems to be gone. I'll try > >>>replacing the wheel cover now, but I think what ever it was, it's gone. > >>>Thanks for the suggestion. > >>>-Paul > >>> > >> > >>That's weird Paul. Keep us posted. > >> > > > > > > I put the wheel cover back on, and the clicking is still gone. I don't > > know what it was, but I'm sure glad it wasn't something serious. > > -Paul > > Umm - a rock that was trapped - you removed the wheel cover - the rock > hit one more time then fell out - you put the cover back on - no more noise. > There was nothing loose under the wheel cover. One of the first things I did was take it off and look it over carefully, including checking each lug nut for tightness. I'm guessing it was something like a stick in the brake area, which is hard to see without removing the wheel. The clicking would start at 50 mph, so I'm thinking centrifugal force at that speed caused it to start hitting something once with each revolution of the wheel. I couldn't feel anything unusual thru the steering wheel, nor did braking affect the noise. I'm just glad it went away without costing me a fortune. ;-) -Paul |
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