clicking from rear end
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Racer
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From: Port Richey FL
clicking from rear end
ok well was driving my FRC home yesterday and i can hear a clicking coming from the rear of the car upon acceleration and deceleration but it ceases as soon as the car comes to a stop it does get louder when taking curves at more then 20 mpg when at higher speeds noise is not noticable or cant be heard. im assuming wheel bearing, going to put it on the the lift tommorow just bored at work figured id throw the issue up and see what to expect tommorow. thanks
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Wounded Warrior Escort '11
Not an absolute but probably the easiest fix you'll find. If you hear this clicking when slowly moving out then its probably the splines of the half-shafts have dried out. You'll need to remove the axle nut, get some spray lubricant and lightly spray the splines. Don't over-do it as you might get lube on the brake rotor which would be bad. Put the axle nut back on and torque. I don't remember the torque value this second but its up there. Repeat on the opposite side.
Burning Brakes
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Someone needs to explain to me once and for all why these splines need to be greased, apart from ease of disassembly. There is no relative motion taking place between the CV joint and the hub, either rotational or in-out. The two are clinched tight with a big a$$ nut. Why grease it??
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Check the Ebrake and sensor wires. Mine were hanging a little loose and hitting the weights on the wheel used for balancing. Zip tie fixed it.
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Melting Slicks
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Someone needs to explain to me once and for all why these splines need to be greased, apart from ease of disassembly. There is no relative motion taking place between the CV joint and the hub, either rotational or in-out. The two are clinched tight with a big a$$ nut. Why grease it??
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From: Van Buren Arkansas
Wounded Warrior Escort '11
Someone needs to explain to me once and for all why these splines need to be greased, apart from ease of disassembly. There is no relative motion taking place between the CV joint and the hub, either rotational or in-out. The two are clinched tight with a big a$$ nut. Why grease it??
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Racer
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From: Port Richey FL
yup simple problem it turned out on of my break lines had poped out of place and was rubbing on the cv boot, move it back into place put on a new clip. the only problem it is had cut thru the boot so had to order a new one when i called around it turns out its cheeper to just replace the entire axel lol i was shocked 65 bucks for a new axel shipped to my shop next day for free vs a boot for like 75 and 2 week shipping lol so throwing in a new axel tommorow morning. thanks for all the good info ill be sure to keep my eyes on the items listed. fluid its good in the diff, but while im pulling the axel figured ill so a full service so picked up the diff fluid and plan to do the diff and tranny going with the royal purple fluid.
