Help !! Loud "clicking" noise...
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From: Henderson NV
Help !! Loud "clicking" noise...
Help :sad: Comming home to night I noticed a loud "clicking" noise comming from the rear end .... seems to go away once I reach about 40 or more mph. If I stay below 15mph it does not happen... :confused: Any ideas ?
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Re: Help !! Loud "clicking" noise... (Kevlore)
its the rotator disc in the linear rotating assembly. i think your chrome-go-fasters are going out. you may want to have the free line actuator checked too. :jester
sounds like your due for a rear gear oil change to me.
[Modified by '79ProwlerOrange, 6:49 PM 12/17/2002]
sounds like your due for a rear gear oil change to me.
[Modified by '79ProwlerOrange, 6:49 PM 12/17/2002]
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Re: Help !! Loud "clicking" noise... ('79ProwlerOrange)
Thanks for the quick reply :) What all is involved in this type of repair ? Any idea what I'm looking at cost wise ? Thanks again
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Re: Help !! Loud "clicking" noise... (Kevlore)
:lol: :lol: :lol: I was so :cuss off thinking it was something major I didn't even catch what you said until
now :lol: I'll tear into it this weekend. Thanks
now :lol: I'll tear into it this weekend. Thanks
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Re: Help !! Loud "clicking" noise... (Kevlore)
:lol: rear gears always sound horrid when they need oil. Corvette Fever has a great article about making the rear end easy to drain. remeber to get a couple tubes of posi-lube. :cheers:
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Re: Help !! Loud "clicking" noise... ('79ProwlerOrange)
I had the same thing happen to me. After ages checking everything out, it turned out to be the brake pads in the rear d.side picking up on the rotor & rattling backwards & forwards in the caliper. Result was a loud click once every wheel revolution. I fitted stainless pad retaining pins which cured the problem for a few miles, then it started again. I've now got some thin metal strips cut out & shaped around the leading & trailing edge of the pads & the noise has stopped. Can't think of any other way of stopping the pads from moving, so the strips are staying in place (Hey, my middle name is Bubba!).
Before you go tearing into the rear end it would be worth checking for the pads moving. Just remove the wheel, grab a pad & try to rock it backwards & forwards in the caliper. If it sounds like the noise you're hearing, only a lot quieter, then that could be your problem. If not, then you've only had to take a wheel off to find out :)
Good luck
Paul
Before you go tearing into the rear end it would be worth checking for the pads moving. Just remove the wheel, grab a pad & try to rock it backwards & forwards in the caliper. If it sounds like the noise you're hearing, only a lot quieter, then that could be your problem. If not, then you've only had to take a wheel off to find out :)
Good luck
Paul
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Re: Help !! Loud "clicking" noise... (Kevlore)
Yep, go here --->>> http://www.corvetteclinicinc.com They have the rear drain plug kit :yesnod: I'm going to order one..
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Re: Help !! Loud "clicking" noise... (Kevlore)
hello a friend of mine bought a 81 vette a month ago and last week it had the same noise we looked at the brakes the rotors the pads changed rear fluid it just so happens it wasnt any of those things it was a trip to auto zone and abuoght a hour later no noise no what it was give up it was the u joints pretty funny we spent lots of time looking to figure out!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Help !! Loud "clicking" noise... ('79ProwlerOrange)
Back up and running :cool: Nothing more than the rear gear oil :cool: Thanks for the help .. looks like there will be Christmas after all :cheers:
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Re: Help !! Loud "clicking" noise... (Kevlore)
it wasnt the free line actuator, or the chrome-go-fasters? :lol:
I had just listend to this: http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mechanic.mp3 :lol: :lol: :lol: Thanks ebaumsworld.com! :D
I had just listend to this: http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mechanic.mp3 :lol: :lol: :lol: Thanks ebaumsworld.com! :D
