Clicking during driving since flat tire
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Clicking during driving since flat tire
Hey guys,
I was driving normally the other day -- pulled up to a red light and as I accelerated away there was massive vibrations, so I pulled over and saw I had a flat tire on the rear drivers side. I was in a dangerous place so I had to drive 500 feet up the road with the car vibrating like crazy on the rim to get into a safe place.
Well I changed with the spare tire and it was clicking like crazy upon every rotation. I thought maybe as the spare was only 20psi this was the problem (still original never used 1988 full size spare!!)
Well I had my new tires fitted yesterday but the clicking is still there.
It seems to have become quieter, and only happens when I turn left, not when I turn right.
When it was initially happening, it sounded as if it were coming from the rear seats INSIDE the car. But I removed anything inside the car that could have been making a noise and its definitely due to this flat tire. It happened right after it.
Any ideas?
I was driving normally the other day -- pulled up to a red light and as I accelerated away there was massive vibrations, so I pulled over and saw I had a flat tire on the rear drivers side. I was in a dangerous place so I had to drive 500 feet up the road with the car vibrating like crazy on the rim to get into a safe place.
Well I changed with the spare tire and it was clicking like crazy upon every rotation. I thought maybe as the spare was only 20psi this was the problem (still original never used 1988 full size spare!!)
Well I had my new tires fitted yesterday but the clicking is still there.
It seems to have become quieter, and only happens when I turn left, not when I turn right.
When it was initially happening, it sounded as if it were coming from the rear seats INSIDE the car. But I removed anything inside the car that could have been making a noise and its definitely due to this flat tire. It happened right after it.
Any ideas?
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Hey guys,
I was driving normally the other day -- pulled up to a red light and as I accelerated away there was massive vibrations, so I pulled over and saw I had a flat tire on the rear drivers side. I was in a dangerous place so I had to drive 500 feet up the road with the car vibrating like crazy on the rim to get into a safe place.
Well I changed with the spare tire and it was clicking like crazy upon every rotation. I thought maybe as the spare was only 20psi this was the problem (still original never used 1988 full size spare!!)
Well I had my new tires fitted yesterday but the clicking is still there.
It seems to have become quieter, and only happens when I turn left, not when I turn right.
When it was initially happening, it sounded as if it were coming from the rear seats INSIDE the car. But I removed anything inside the car that could have been making a noise and its definitely due to this flat tire. It happened right after it.
Any ideas?
I was driving normally the other day -- pulled up to a red light and as I accelerated away there was massive vibrations, so I pulled over and saw I had a flat tire on the rear drivers side. I was in a dangerous place so I had to drive 500 feet up the road with the car vibrating like crazy on the rim to get into a safe place.
Well I changed with the spare tire and it was clicking like crazy upon every rotation. I thought maybe as the spare was only 20psi this was the problem (still original never used 1988 full size spare!!)
Well I had my new tires fitted yesterday but the clicking is still there.
It seems to have become quieter, and only happens when I turn left, not when I turn right.
When it was initially happening, it sounded as if it were coming from the rear seats INSIDE the car. But I removed anything inside the car that could have been making a noise and its definitely due to this flat tire. It happened right after it.
Any ideas?
If you jack up the rear so both wheels are off the ground, idling it in drive, you might be be able to hear the noise and pinpoint it. And block those front wheels! I don't want to see your car on Yahoo! News.
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on flat tire may have taken out the drivers side axle shaft,does it sound like a CV joint clicking?Sort of a soft metallic thunk thunk thunk thunk
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I hope its nothing major
Is it safe to drive right now?
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when turning around a left hand corner?axle shaft about $250 inner cv joint rear only about 100 bucks and some time on your backpriceless
Might be something simpler,just can't think of it from what you describe.
www.germanstar.net has them.
pricelessMight be something simpler,just can't think of it from what you describe.
www.germanstar.net has them.
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cv could last a long time,hope
once you get it on a lift it will be easy to locate and not that hard to repair.
once you get it on a lift it will be easy to locate and not that hard to repair.
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I can't believe that would be a problem at 80,000 miles unless the boot is cracked. Mine had twice that many miles and was original. But anything's possible.
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Mine did that when I switched to new wheels. Seems the lug bolts poked through the wheel enough to make slight contact with the Emergency brake cable on the drivers side. There are both a rear disk and drum on the 94. The drum is for the E-brake.
Sounded like a playing card in the ol' bicycle spokes. Shorter bolts was the fix. The thing that grabbed me in your post was left turns made it click louder. The cable moved closer to the bolts under load was my guess.
Sounded like a playing card in the ol' bicycle spokes. Shorter bolts was the fix. The thing that grabbed me in your post was left turns made it click louder. The cable moved closer to the bolts under load was my guess.
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