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Old Jul 20, 2013 | 03:42 PM
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HELP! Annoying clicking coming from drivers wheel

when driving STRAIGHT i have an audible clicking noise coming from my drivers side front wheel area. the clicking progresses as speed increases and its driving me nuts. no clicking when turning left or right. i thought it was my coilover, checked itand everything is tight. inspected the tire, no rocks in tread or nails. wheel is torqued down good too. cv boots arent torn. i'm stumped.
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Old Jul 20, 2013 | 04:54 PM
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I have the exact same issue, my friend. I've yet to do this since I'm super lazy, but jack the car up and wiggle the wheels, if there is play then your wheel bearing is out. I'm guessing my bearings are shot as well.
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Old Jul 20, 2013 | 05:13 PM
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i also have clicking, i bought a new used oem axle that im guessing will fix the problem if not, i have a spare axle lol. after that id guess it would be the wheel bearing also
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Old Jul 20, 2013 | 05:20 PM
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it started after getting an alignment 2 days ago to correct my crooked steering wheel. i called justtires and they said to bring it by tomorrow they will look at it i will post progress i guess.. i hope its not a cv shaft.
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Old Jul 20, 2013 | 06:03 PM
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Did some more research and I think it might be the CV Joint.

Originally Posted by PA-silver03evo
When the outer cv joint goes bad it clicks while turning. When the inner cv joint goes bad, you usually hear noise from it when accelerating. Like was mentioned, look for grease because a torn boot where the grease leaked out is usually the reason for the joints going up.
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Old Jul 20, 2013 | 06:13 PM
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Cv axle most likely
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Old Jul 22, 2013 | 01:59 PM
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stupid me... it was the brake hose rubbing on the cv boot clamp lol.
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Old Jul 22, 2013 | 02:02 PM
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LOL. I need to jack my car up and check mine. Makes the same noise.
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Old Jul 22, 2013 | 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by PiotrekEvo
stupid me... it was the brake hose rubbing on the cv boot clamp lol.
Good thing you caught that, tearing a brake line could lead to some horrible situations
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Old Jul 22, 2013 | 11:31 PM
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Yeah for real. Luckily the brake hose has a metal spiral guard around it and it was that hitting the clamp. Zip tied both sides til I make some brackets.
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