click click click
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Melting Slicks
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From: Dyersburg TN
click click click
this is the noise I get when slowing down. I don't think I hear it under accel. Seems to be behind me. I don't feel any slack in U-Joints with car on stands. Rear end has a little play, but for it's age, it is doing better than I am (my rear drags a lot).
I can't really tell which part, don't have the extra cash to play R&R so I am asking my brothers and sisters here for the most likely starting point.
thanks in advance
I can't really tell which part, don't have the extra cash to play R&R so I am asking my brothers and sisters here for the most likely starting point.
thanks in advance
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Kingston Ontario
Stone stuck in the wheel tread. 
Real easy fix!
Parking brake components.
Bent wheel backing plate.
Any of the above and a list of other causes.
Jack up the car. Rotate wheels by hand and determine the source.
Real easy fix!Parking brake components.
Bent wheel backing plate.
Any of the above and a list of other causes.
Jack up the car. Rotate wheels by hand and determine the source.
Burning Brakes
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From: New Carlisle IN
Melting Slicks
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From: Norfolk VA
If you suspect the click is coming from the wheel bearings, raise the rear of the car and turn each wheel. A brinelled bearing will click with every two turns of the wheel. Some play is fine but not sure how much is tolorable.
Last edited by Oldguard 7; May 9, 2010 at 03:13 PM.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Dyersburg TN
not that
new u-joins in half-shafts and oil change in diff and click is still here. will do drive shaft u-joints tomorrow.
If it is not that, the only two options I know of are wheel bearings and diff. I have rebuild posi-diffs but it has been 30 years since my last one and I no longer have access to the tools
Who is the best to do rebuild service on diff or rear wheel bearings?
If it is not that, the only two options I know of are wheel bearings and diff. I have rebuild posi-diffs but it has been 30 years since my last one and I no longer have access to the tools
Who is the best to do rebuild service on diff or rear wheel bearings?
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Drifting
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From: Porterville Ca
I noise when braking or just off the throttle? What work has been done lately? Rotors that are machined too coarse will cause a click sound as they will pull or push the pads in their calipers, the noise repeats as the pads return to their original position and repeat the process.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Dyersburg TN
braking has no effect on noise, but it is louder when slowing down than speeding up. Calipers rebuilt, new pads, new u-joints in half shafts, oil changed in rear end. Noise changes with speed. Slow clack at slow speed, fast at quicker speeds.
I noise when braking or just off the throttle? What work has been done lately? Rotors that are machined too coarse will cause a click sound as they will pull or push the pads in their calipers, the noise repeats as the pads return to their original position and repeat the process.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Dyersburg TN
miss spoke
will I miss spoke. The front calipers were re-done not the rear. The pads are at about 50%. changing the drive shaft u-joints did not stop the noise. Moving the wheel back and forth did make a click noise. Feeling around led me the the brake pads. THey made a clack noise when the wheel reversed direction.
I noticed these rear pads did not have the metal plates cliped to the back side as the front do. Could this be the source. New pads would be a lot cheeper than wheel bearings and diff rebuild.
I noticed these rear pads did not have the metal plates cliped to the back side as the front do. Could this be the source. New pads would be a lot cheeper than wheel bearings and diff rebuild.