Help! Wheel click / squealing sound just started
12-03-2011, 08:55 PM
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Help! Wheel click / squealing sound just started
so yesterday was a big day. I installed a set of KW V3 coilovers and axle spacers new rims and tires. Car drove great for the first few hours. Then on the freeway I noticed the car felt rougher and there was a strange almost metallic chirp or click coming from the passenger rear wheel. I was/ am concerned it is a wheel bearing but can't figure out why the heck it would suddenly just GO like that. I never impacted the hub etc.
Wheels are torqued down, all the bolts were torqued to spec. There was one problem removing a bolt from the axle in order to install the 2 piece spacers but I was able to get it out with an impact wrench.
The car hasn't been aligned yet as I just finished the job last night but it drove just fine . Also the tires aren't rubbing because i lifted the car up off them. (they rub only on turns and its a very distinct sound).
Tonight I went down to the car and gave it a shake at the wheel. I heard the car tick as it settled in the rear. Only from both sides!
The original noise seems to increase / decrease with speed. It reminds me of a card in a bicycle spoke kind of metallic note.
I thought perhaps my dust shield was rubbing but it doesn't seem to be the case even after I pushed it back the noise seems to persist. (Will need to get it jacked up / wheel removed first to really know).
Curiously when I start driving the noise isn't immediately apparent. ONly after a few minutes. Ideas?
Wheels are torqued down, all the bolts were torqued to spec. There was one problem removing a bolt from the axle in order to install the 2 piece spacers but I was able to get it out with an impact wrench.
The car hasn't been aligned yet as I just finished the job last night but it drove just fine . Also the tires aren't rubbing because i lifted the car up off them. (they rub only on turns and its a very distinct sound).
Tonight I went down to the car and gave it a shake at the wheel. I heard the car tick as it settled in the rear. Only from both sides!
The original noise seems to increase / decrease with speed. It reminds me of a card in a bicycle spoke kind of metallic note.
I thought perhaps my dust shield was rubbing but it doesn't seem to be the case even after I pushed it back the noise seems to persist. (Will need to get it jacked up / wheel removed first to really know).
Curiously when I start driving the noise isn't immediately apparent. ONly after a few minutes. Ideas?
12-03-2011, 09:38 PM
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If it sounds exactly like this in the video, then it is 100% wheel bearing. I had both go out on me a week after putting on my new some what aggressive wheels, had to replace both wheel bearings & hubs(not a cheap fix). If its not this sound it could be something else, maybe brake wear indicator or something else?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsw_E...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsw_E...eature=related
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12-03-2011, 10:24 PM
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You can drive on it if you need to its not gonna lock up & fail right away, its not really damaging anything else but the wheel bearing itself. But after a while if its still not replaced & the noise has gotten waayy worse, it can cause things to snap & your wheel could fall off 
I'd rather fix it ASAP though
I'd rather fix it ASAP though