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Clicking sound from tire area
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:38 am
by whytea
Hello everyoneFor a while now I've noviced a slight audible clicking sound coming from the drivers side front wheel. When at slow speeds I can't hear it, it only seems to appear between 50-60km/h. Is this anything to be to concerned about?
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:52 am
by Beer Belly
I hear the noise as well. The cause of noise for me is the hub cap clicking on the steel wheel at certain speeds.
Re: Clicking sound from tire area (whytea)
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:02 am
by 03VibeOttawa
I had a clicking sound in my wheel well, which clunked heavily when I drove over potholes. In my case it turned out to be a dead wheel bearing.
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:47 am
by Beer Belly
Mine is a very faint clicking and it comes and goes, and I don't hear it when my winter rims are on that's why I figure mine is the hub cap.
Re: Clicking sound from tire area (whytea)
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:23 am
by ehoff121
Do you hear it better with the window open?Have you checked the treads for foreign objects? A rock in the groove or a nail/screw in the tread?
Re: Clicking sound from tire area (ehoff121)
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:46 pm
by morbay
Quote, originally posted by ehoff121 »Do you hear it better with the window open?Have you checked the treads for foreign objects? A rock in the groove or a nail/screw in the tread?That is what I was going to suggest. I've had objects in my tires do the exact thing.
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:56 am
by rgnjc
Check the treads for stones jammed in the treads. I get tapping noises all the time after I drive on a stone road because little pebbles jam in there.