Identify the Click - not what you think??? Or, is it?
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If it was the first scenario, then I would be rethinking using that shop again. If it was the latter, then lesson learned about parts canons.
Didn't you post that the clicking noise predated replacing the pads and rotors? If so, what pads did you have before?
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So, the car had the normal "Your CV is bad" click...so, being proactive I ordered new everything....new OEM CV's installed buy a Mercedes Master Mechanic...new rotors and pads (Brembo / EBC from FCP Euro). Since I also had them install OE wheel bearings on both front wheels....
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Yep. Truth be told, one of the CVs had a torn boot - so, both of those were getting replaced anyway - plus the motor was going to be lifted for motor/trans mounts...so, it was a good time to do it. The other shaft was just an oh by the way as we were there.....I guess none of us had ever taken a pad and twisted it nipples....
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Yep. Truth be told, one of the CVs had a torn boot - so, both of those were getting replaced anyway - plus the motor was going to be lifted for motor/trans mounts...so, it was a good time to do it. The other shaft was just an oh by the way as we were there.....I guess none of us had ever taken a pad and twisted it nipples....
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That is what is even crazier as I was not losing air. Dropping off our GLS at the shop today to get a price on motor mounts and a transmission mount we were just all shaking our heads trying to figure out how many dozens of times we looked at that wheel
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It's even stranger that you were convinced the sound was on both sides of the car. Crazy!
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What I had failed to mention is there were two cracks. In the past the wheel had been welded and that weld obviously failed. 180° from that weld somebody had put on a hammer on weight which really ticked me off when I saw it but it was there and I just kind of left it. Under that weight was another crack which explains why the click was two times per rotation not once per rotation
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Awesome, thank you!
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Reading this thread again....wow. This was a thing. Looking back - yes, "Parts Canon". The only thing that I think I "threw" at the car was the wheel bearings. This is the first car in a long time that I did not purchase from a dealership lot...never know what happened in the past. The shop (Tucker Motorsports) tried a couple of times to talk me out of them...but, hey, if I am mad at my money they may as well get it as they deserve it for putting up with me.
We looked at that wheel so many times. Sprayed it again and again with water. Literally, not until we dunked it in a freaking jacuzzi did it bubble...and then SLOOOOOOOOOW bubble. It was one bubble after about twenty minutes that indicated the crack. After I knocked on the wheel sensor and scrubbed it with a brush it bubbled, still slowly.
Thank you all for all the suggestions....I am not so bright...I had a cracked freaking wheel. Jeesh.
