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Help me find source of clacking

Discussion in 'Diagnosis/Help' started by LionTR, May 21, 2011.

  1. LionTR

    LionTR Well-Known Member Donated!

    Yes, the noise is still there.

    Camber is strange in my case, because my left side knuckle doesn't have it while the right side does have it. I guess the car was hit in the past and they replaced it with that (don't know which side is the original). I don't think it can make the sound, because if that's loose, it's a serious problem :)
     
  2. trel162

    trel162 Well-Known Member Donated!

    Ahh well worth a try. I had them on my original '87 steering knuckles, but my replacements from an '89 don't have them.

    Balljoint didn't come with the bolt I need, big trek tomorrow to the one place i know will have it.

    good luck with your hunt :)
     
  3. Seank90

    Seank90 Well-Known Member Donated!

    is it loud? any chance we can get a video of the noise?
     
  4. LionTR

    LionTR Well-Known Member Donated!

    I'll try to make one.
     
  5. trel162

    trel162 Well-Known Member Donated!

    Hi it's been a while, how did you go with this?
     
  6. LionTR

    LionTR Well-Known Member Donated!

    Still too lazy / forgot to make a video where you can hear it too.
     
  7. Jamezzy

    Jamezzy Well-Known Member Donated!

    haha I know how you feel
     
  8. LionTR

    LionTR Well-Known Member Donated!

    I decided to make one on the weekend. Strongly :) Already recharged the batteries in the camera. Hope they won't be already depleted that time... :)
     
  9. Seank90

    Seank90 Well-Known Member Donated!

    you better! im sick of your moaning! :aargh
     
  10. kevind

    kevind Well-Known Member Donated!

    sorry if you have already checked this but i think it could be your brakes because this has happened to me there are little clips in the caliper that are called anti rattle clips these can come off they just hold the pad in more securely another cause is the bolt that holds the shock absorber into the strut this can come loose sometimes due to road/car vibrations check these out if you haven't already
     
  11. LionTR

    LionTR Well-Known Member Donated!

    :lol2

    Hm, the anti-squeel plates are a good idea, but I changed the whole calipers as well (to ST185 ones). So unless they have the exact same problem... will check it anyways. I already checked the bolts on the strut mount and on the strut top as well.
     
  12. LionTR

    LionTR Well-Known Member Donated!

    So I went on a very crappy road and made a video. Sadly the sound is not as loud as it is in real, and it's tone is much lower too. But you can hear it, basically all other sounds and noises that is not the exhaust is the clacking (except the oncoming truck :D). Sorry for the night shot, I tried to arrive there while it was still daytime, but didn't manage, but I made one on the way home too, same crappy road, with many many small bumps that are shaking the wheels almost all the time.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDhs3GDUAa0

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OezWYRpEdlE
     
  13. Stig

    Stig ST162 Guru Donated!

    I can't hear it

    What happens when you jack the front up and let the wheels spin?
     
  14. LionTR

    LionTR Well-Known Member Donated!

    You mean jack up front, put in gear and let off clutch? I guess nothing, I only hear it when going over bumps.
     
  15. Seank90

    Seank90 Well-Known Member Donated!

    is it that thudding sound?
     
  16. LionTR

    LionTR Well-Known Member Donated!

    Yup. Camera is a cheap one so sound ins't exactly like in real, it made the metalic clank to thudding :S
     
  17. Seank90

    Seank90 Well-Known Member Donated!

    :lol2 that doesnt make us have more of an idea so... did you defo check your rim for balance?
     
  18. LionTR

    LionTR Well-Known Member Donated!

    Guess I have to make a journey to the UK then to show you :)

    I heard it with 4 different set of rims.
     
  19. Seank90

    Seank90 Well-Known Member Donated!

    Yes, my sig is an irish flag because i live in the uk....FAIL!!! :lol2
     
  20. LionTR

    LionTR Well-Known Member Donated!

    Sorry I remembered wrongly :(
     

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