AllEyesOnMe

Hi guys,

I took off my wheels to install spacers, and when I put my 2 rear wheels back on and tightened them, I wanted to spin the rear wheels to see if they move freely and if there was any error with my re-install.

I start the car, put it in Neutral and release the parking brake. One of the wheels made a metallic click/cling noise when I rotate it, but it moves freely forward (not backwards). Is the noise supposed to be there?

Aresh

are you wheel lugs the proper ones for the spacers?

Rsquad911

The lug bolts may be too long and are Hitting the parking brake line.

Take them off before you damage it.... ($$$$$$)

AllEyesOnMe

I used the original lug bolts. The car is down now with the wheels installed and parked... This happened without spacers.

I torqued it down to 96 lbs while they were still on jackstands. Now i know i'm supposed to tighten them with fingers while on jackstands, then lower the car and torque down to spec...

Roswell

It's weird that it's making this noise w/o spacers & with oem lugs.. This clicking noise normally occurs when the lugs are too long & are hitting the abs.

Higgs Boson

is your parking brake cable out of the holder on the axle and hitting the wheel weights on the inside of your wheel?

AllEyesOnMe

^ I don't think it is... When i spun the wheel, it doesn't seem like anything is hitting it... I even used a flashlight to check the hub, brake caliper, etc... Here's a vid of the sound. It's not loud so you have to listen to it carefully. It's like a click sound every time it goes around one revolution.

Higgs Boson

sounds like your brakes are dragging

callmiro

That happened to me as well....lug bolts were too long....mistakenly used the bolts from my aftermarket wheels when i put on my factory wheels and the bolt passed through the rotor because it was longer, making that click noise on rotation....The click noise is the long lug hitting

Check your lugs.....

You can also raise the rear of the car and put it on stands and then rotate the offending wheel.....you will then see where the lug is making contact

AllEyesOnMe

There's no reason for brakes to be hitting it though... Car was just bought 2 months ago.... This noise occurs with or without spacers put on...

When you watch my video, the noise is only made at a specific location, meaning when I spin it, the noise is not continuous. It occurs once every rotation. If brakes were hitting it, shouldn't the noise be continuous as the brake makes contact with the entire surface of the wheel?

callmiro

Spin the rotor without the wheel on

If there is no noise, then it's related to the wheel or lug

The click is a lug touching something on every rotation

Check the shroud as well

Higgs Boson

not if the rotor has a thick or thin spot.

go with the above suggestion and report back.