clicking noise
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clicking noise
Hope somebody has an answer for this one. My 2000 MN6 makes a clicking noise from the left rear wheel when you get on and off the gas. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Bill
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Just a thought, but I had a rear rotor that was slightly cracked and it made a clicking that increased/decreased w/ speed.
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From: Clayton New Jersey
Originally Posted by RichieRichZ06
Just a thought, but I had a rear rotor that was slightly cracked and it made a clicking that increased/decreased w/ speed.
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From: Longview Texas
Originally Posted by HT1663WB
Hope somebody has an answer for this one. My 2000 MN6 makes a clicking noise from the left rear wheel when you get on and off the gas. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Bill
Try this link:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1422289
I had a popping noise that showed up when I went from first to reverse, or vise-versa, and also sometimes when I let off the gas in second. I solved the problem by backing off the axle nut with the wheel off, pushing the axle in about 1/4" to expose the CV joint to bearing hub and spline on the inside of the hub, and swabbing some light oil on the surface where the CV hub pulls into the back of the wheel hub bearing. Some people just back off the axle nut and try to spray lube on the spline, but the lube has to work its way to the other end of the spline to do any good. See comments by "3rd Childhood" on the link for additional information.
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From: Longview Texas
Originally Posted by HT1663WB
Only does it when I get on and off the gas. Its not a clunk it almost sounds like the seat but it's def in the left rear wheel.
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Originally Posted by TEXHAWK0
Is it a clicking noise, or more like a stick/release pop when you load and unload the drivetrain?
Try this link:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1422289
I had a popping noise that showed up when I went from first to reverse, or vise-versa, and also sometimes when I let off the gas in second. I solved the problem by backing off the axle nut with the wheel off, pushing the axle in about 1/4" to expose the CV joint to bearing hub and spline on the inside of the hub, and swabbing some light oil on the surface where the CV hub pulls into the back of the wheel hub bearing. Some people just back off the axle nut and try to spray lube on the spline, but the lube has to work its way to the other end of the spline to do any good. See comments by "3rd Childhood" on the link for additional information.
Try this link:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1422289
I had a popping noise that showed up when I went from first to reverse, or vise-versa, and also sometimes when I let off the gas in second. I solved the problem by backing off the axle nut with the wheel off, pushing the axle in about 1/4" to expose the CV joint to bearing hub and spline on the inside of the hub, and swabbing some light oil on the surface where the CV hub pulls into the back of the wheel hub bearing. Some people just back off the axle nut and try to spray lube on the spline, but the lube has to work its way to the other end of the spline to do any good. See comments by "3rd Childhood" on the link for additional information.
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Originally Posted by HT1663WB
Hope somebody has an answer for this one. My 2000 MN6 makes a clicking noise from the left rear wheel when you get on and off the gas. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Bill
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From: Clayton New Jersey
Originally Posted by allmee
My car did this, it sounded like a rock stuck in the tire kind of click. Dis it at accel and decel. It turned out to be loose axle nuts, just behind the rim. Chevy re torqued them and that was that. You can check it your self pretty easily.
Thanks again for the help
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From: Longview Texas
Originally Posted by HT1663WB
That's exactly what it sounds like. I'm going to pull the wheel on Monday when I'm off. I let you guys know how it turns out.
Thanks again for the help
Thanks again for the help
The only place I found a metric socket that big was at an auto parts store (o'Reilley's). They had large sockets just for drive axles.
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From: Clayton New Jersey
Originally Posted by allmee
My car did this, it sounded like a rock stuck in the tire kind of click. Dis it at accel and decel. It turned out to be loose axle nuts, just behind the rim. Chevy re torqued them and that was that. You can check it your self pretty easily.
Hardest part was finding a 33 mm socket. Thanks guys for all your help!
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From: Longview Texas
Originally Posted by HT1663WB
Retorqued the axle nut on drivers side no more clicking!
Hardest part was finding a 33 mm socket. Thanks guys for all your help!
Hardest part was finding a 33 mm socket. Thanks guys for all your help!
I had my axle nut loose a couple of times to try to get the splines cleaned up, and retorqued each time, and it was not until I got the inner hub/bearing surface cleaned and lubed that I got rid of the noise.
Just curious if you backed the axle nut off before you retorqued, or if you just tightened the nut down from where it was and found it to be loose?
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From: Clayton New Jersey
Originally Posted by TEXHAWK0
I am surprised that just retorquing the nut got rid of the noise.
I had my axle nut loose a couple of times to try to get the splines cleaned up, and retorqued each time, and it was not until I got the inner hub/bearing surface cleaned and lubed that I got rid of the noise.
Just curious if you backed the axle nut off before you retorqued, or if you just tightened the nut down from where it was and found it to be loose?
I had my axle nut loose a couple of times to try to get the splines cleaned up, and retorqued each time, and it was not until I got the inner hub/bearing surface cleaned and lubed that I got rid of the noise.
Just curious if you backed the axle nut off before you retorqued, or if you just tightened the nut down from where it was and found it to be loose?
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From: The 7th layer of hell - Western Washington
I went to the local shop and told them to grab the Snap On guy the next time he swung by and get me one. I am sure you can find a cheaper solution though, cause it cost me $50.
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Originally Posted by thefritz1
To bring this back from the dead. Where the heck can I find a 33 MM socket..I found one but it is a spline drive and can't find and adapter.
THANKS!
THANKS!
David in Glendale AZ
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From: Longview Texas
Originally Posted by jbauch357
I went to the local shop and told them to grab the Snap On guy the next time he swung by and get me one. I am sure you can find a cheaper solution though, cause it cost me $50.
I got one at O'Reillys Auto Parts for about $10. They had several large 1/2" drive sockets that fit most cars with front wheel drive axles.
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From: The 7th layer of hell - Western Washington
Originally Posted by TEXHAWK0
I got one at O'Reillys Auto Parts for about $10. They had several large 1/2" drive sockets that fit most cars with front wheel drive axles.
I spent half a day looking for the socket and didn't have any luck. I even hit multiple schmucks, napa, and autozone stores where their counter lackeys couldn't even find what I was looking for in their catalogs. 
Thank god for a friendly local shop and snap-on representative. 
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From: Mtns of Western NC & SW FLA
Long Post...Diagnosis of Rear Wheel Clicking
Interesting thread and, I thought I had the
same potential prob: driver side rear wheel
was "clicking" very loudly and was wheel rotation
speed dependent.
I squeezed myself under the left rear and noticed
that the two "cables" that run along the underbody,
and connect into the left rear wheel hub, were both
rubbing slightly against the stock wheel as it rotated.
Those two encased cables are the mech. parking brake
cable and the wheel sensor for the OBC, but I could
be wrong with that id...
The black plastic "cable carriers" that allow the "spread"
of those two cables and their parallel return path to the
rotor hub/brake assembly, were out of place it appears.
This caused those cables to rub against the rotating
wheel and the oem/orig wheel weight would catch and
cause that clicking noise...
I had a left rear axle drip/leak repaired under the GMPP
ext warr. a monthish ago, and I suspect the "tech" did
not reroute those cables properly; thus the noise.
I simply tied them off and away from the rear wheel
and will do a better fix or, have a local shop do it
when I get coolant/brake fluid and oil changed, soon.
Thanks for your patient read...glad I found the "reason"
for that clicking; it was driving me crazy.
Best Regards,
David
same potential prob: driver side rear wheel
was "clicking" very loudly and was wheel rotation
speed dependent.
I squeezed myself under the left rear and noticed
that the two "cables" that run along the underbody,
and connect into the left rear wheel hub, were both
rubbing slightly against the stock wheel as it rotated.
Those two encased cables are the mech. parking brake
cable and the wheel sensor for the OBC, but I could
be wrong with that id...
The black plastic "cable carriers" that allow the "spread"
of those two cables and their parallel return path to the
rotor hub/brake assembly, were out of place it appears.
This caused those cables to rub against the rotating
wheel and the oem/orig wheel weight would catch and
cause that clicking noise...
I had a left rear axle drip/leak repaired under the GMPP
ext warr. a monthish ago, and I suspect the "tech" did
not reroute those cables properly; thus the noise.
I simply tied them off and away from the rear wheel
and will do a better fix or, have a local shop do it
when I get coolant/brake fluid and oil changed, soon.
Thanks for your patient read...glad I found the "reason"
for that clicking; it was driving me crazy.
Best Regards,
David
