Help! Wheel click / squealing sound just started
12-03-2011, 10:30 PM
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Hey Nate. Sorry to hear this wasn't as smooth of an install as possible. I'm wondering if you should switch back to your old rims/tires, just as a way to remove some of the variables involved. Since you had so many changes at once, it must be hard to deduce what happened. Good luck and keep us posted.
12-03-2011, 10:39 PM
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So I #$@#$@#$ figured it out . It wasn't my wheel bearing or my brakes. I jacked the car up and looked and no clicks no resistance no noise no wiggle. Giving up I let the car down and just for kicks push it in neutral. Suddenly...A CLICK WTF. Turns out my friend didn't tighten any of the lugs on my front rim last night. I even asked him to make sure and he was like yea its done.. 4 of the 5 lugs were on the end of the thread!!!! I'm so @#$@#$ lucky I'm not dead. Tightened everything back down and drove it. Coast is clear no more noise. The super loose lugs explains the noise I heard, and the vibrations from the car. FUUuuuuuuuu
12-03-2011, 10:47 PM
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12-03-2011, 11:17 PM
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So I #$@#$@#$ figured it out . It wasn't my wheel bearing or my brakes. I jacked the car up and looked and no clicks no resistance no noise no wiggle. Giving up I let the car down and just for kicks push it in neutral. Suddenly...A CLICK WTF. Turns out my friend didn't tighten any of the lugs on my front rim last night. I even asked him to make sure and he was like yea its done.. 4 of the 5 lugs were on the end of the thread!!!! I'm so @#$@#$ lucky I'm not dead. Tightened everything back down and drove it. Coast is clear no more noise. The super loose lugs explains the noise I heard, and the vibrations from the car. FUUuuuuuuuu
I never touch the lugs unless I'm putting them all the way on, or taking them all the way off. I would double check the threads on your studs because who knows what happened with all that play in there.
12-04-2011, 02:40 AM
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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
12-04-2011, 02:45 AM
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Originally Posted by rydelow' timestamp='1322984752' post='21208760
Wow...if I change tires or adjust my ride height I double torque check my lugs. Good thing you weren't sliding on rotors on the freeway. Now drive that thing like it's meant to 
12-04-2011, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by hellaSleepy' timestamp='1322983457' post='21208745
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
& it will sound like a really bad grinding sound as it progressively gets worse - to the point where you think the car will break down. I had a bad wheel bearing in the passenger side rear last year & didnt replace it for a while. Ended up needing a new hub & bearing. Good thing you caught the lugs just in time. I had a friend that lost a wheel on the freeway due to the same mishap & it wasnt a pretty repair at all. 
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