There is a clicking noise coming from my rear driver side wheel well area. Its like a metallic clicking sound. pretty loud too. Its not constant. Any ideas what the problem is?
Im not sure its the brakes but they need new pads so im thnking it could be? The noise happens when im driving slowly in like a parming lot or neighborhood
it could be your exhaust. after you run your car for a while, and then you are driving slowly, thats the time you can hear the clicking. its the resonator. if your have a aftermarket exhaust, its most probably that.
drive your car slow and have someone listen for where the sound is coming from. or leave in neutral and rev up to see if the noice comes. if noise is only heard while driving it will be from a moving part or something loose so you would check suspension parts, exhaust hangers, and stuff like that. narrow the noise down first and we could help you out more
to see if its your exhaust resonator, after a long drive, park and turn off the car, if you still hear the clicking noise, its most probably the exhaust resonator, if you dont hear the clicking when the car is off after a long drive, we can rule out exhaust.
did you have recent tire service? On my racing harts a small nut that secured the valve stem came off and it was laying freely inside the tire so when i was moving very slow it would bounce around inside and make this annoying pinging noise. At higher speeds centrifugal force held it on the tire so it wouldnt make any noise
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Well it doesnt happen when the car is sitting still, and i did just get new rims with tires put on, ya i have 4ws. Ill check this out more today and get yall some more info. Thanks for the help so far.
OK i went out and checked it. It Ddef only happens when the car is moving. Its def coming only from the drivers side rear wheel well. It is a metallic clicking noise, and happens when im just starting to accellerate and happens big time when i let off the gas in first. Any ideas?
jack up the car and inspect the wheel in question, turn the wheel and see if you can feel or hear anything odd. WHen i had my problem stated above that is how i found out i had some object inside the mounted tire.
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2006 Lexus IS350
"May future generations look back on our work and say that these men and women who, in a moment of great crisis, stood up to their politicians, the opinion-makers, and the establishment, and saved their country" — Ron Paul
who torqued your lug nuts ?? take off the tire, clean it off really well of any debris using brake cleaner, as well as the gung that croweded around the wheel hub on the front of the rotor from rust etc... make sure its a flush on flush surface, torque the lug nuts to spec and go for a drive.. the clunking could be your tire loose, also inspect the lug bolts on the wheel hub as well, make sure the threads aren't stripped or stretched.
well, your gonna have to be a lot more specific if you want a more specific response. give as much detail as possible. we have thrown a lot of stuff at you, you should check each one out unless you can provide some details so we can rule some stuff out.
Ya i know you are right, i was just being lazy! Im gonna try some of these things out but i am fairly sure nothing is in my tire, and it only happens when im moving and its getting more frequent. Any more ideas would be helpful!
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