So on my way to work this glorious morning, i noticed a new noise in my car. Reason being that i had my exhaust re-welded last night so it's much quieter now.
It's coming from the passenger rear wheel, and it's loud enough to be heard plainly while in the driver's seat. It increases in speed relative to mph increase.
I haven't had a chance to really poke around there yet, but i grabbed onto that brake caliper back there and i could move it maybe 1/8th inch back and forth. As in, towards and away me if i was positioned directly in front of the wheel.
So.... i think its either that, OR:
Anytime i've ever had a hub go bad, i've heard a similar noise, but i was able to feel that as well.
I have no bearing noise, no vibrations, and can't feel anything out of the ordinary through the wheel, floor, nothing.
Ideas? I'm hoping i just have to get back there and tighten anything that's loose, as i'm not real excited about paying for a hub/bearings/etc.
tighten caliper down? see if noise goes away? You covered everything I was going to state...
i agree, i had a weird caliper clunking sound that turned out to be just that i hadn't torqued the caliper bolts down correctly and they came loose.
Ok.... so as long as you guys don't think it's related to the hub, i can be happy with that. wipes brow
better than a relative bearing.
If it is a wheel bearing.. turning right or left might change the tone as weight it taken off or put on that wheel. Usually if it gets louder when you turn left, it is the right bearing and vice versa
Nah, there's no change regardless of turning, and there's no vibrations, no nothing. Just a metal on metal "click."
I can live with it happening to be a wheel bearing, too... that'll run me way under $100 to replace.
A new hub is like $250+ for this damn car.
Good be a nail stuck in your tire? They'll make a click noise and drive you buggy at the same time.
This is kinda out there but my miata used to make a horribly loud clunk noise whenever i drove it. Turns out, I forgot to put the shims the brake pad slides on back in when I replaced the pads so the brake pad itself was banging around.
fiat22turbo wrote:
Good be a nail stuck in your tire? They'll make a click noise and drive you buggy at the same time.
Nah, nothing in the tire. The noise actually goes away from time to time, with no rhyme or reason as to when. Didn't get a chance to look at it yesterday. This has probably been going on for months, but the car was REALLY loud before.
This is kinda out there but my miata used to make a horribly loud clunk noise whenever i drove it. Turns out, I forgot to put the shims the brake pad slides on back in when I replaced the pads so the brake pad itself was banging around.
Maybe... I was really rushed when i did this last brake job, so that's pretty possible. I'm not sure that would stay steady relevent to vehicle speed though.
maybe when you go to check the caliper bolts, also repack the bearing...gives you a chance to check for bearing damage since you already have the wheel off...
I seem to have fixed it... i'll keep an ear out to see if the noise comes back.
I took the wheel off, and the caliper didn't move more than was normal for a floating caliper. Dust guard wasn't hitting anything.
I latched onto the rotor and just started horsing the car around, trying to get it to rattle. (Looked very funny to my buddy.)
Seems i was missing the clip that holds the brake line in place, and it was just rattling around the bracket on the strut. Weird. Why that would increase in frequency with wheel speed is beyond me, but it hasn't happened in the 30 miles i've driven since now that i pounded another clip through.
I knew i had a dozen extra clips in my glove box for a reason.... 
