Loud Clacking Noise
Loud Clacking Noise
Every time i go over any bumbs in the road, even speed bumps at low speeds.. i hear a significantly loud clacking coming from i think every side of the car except the driver's front side. The clack sounds like as if something is loose and the bumps are making whatever is loose hit against something. It sounds like it may be coming from the area of the wheel wells but does not sounds like suspension?? Anybody know what this could be or has had this happen to them?
Oh yeah and also.. when i am in reverse i hear another clacking in the rear right-hand side of the car which in the frequency of what seems like every time the wheel makes a full rotation.. wierd
Oh yeah and also.. when i am in reverse i hear another clacking in the rear right-hand side of the car which in the frequency of what seems like every time the wheel makes a full rotation.. wierd
Have you looked under the car to see if anything is caught in the suspension and/or brakes? Sometimes weird stuff gets kicked up in there and then makes all sorts of horrible noises depending on where it is trapped.
You might also have an exhaust heat shield that has worked itself partly loose and rattles whenever the exhaust moves, like when you hit a bump or go over a speed bump. I think you're going to have to get under there and tell us what you're seeing.
On the right rear wheel that is making a noise every revolution, there could be something metallic like a nail stuck in the tire tread. When this has happened to me before, I've heard a faint ticking sound as the nail head (or whatever) strikes the pavement with each revolution. Of course, this sound is usually pretty faint and hard to hear unless the windows are down.
You might also have an exhaust heat shield that has worked itself partly loose and rattles whenever the exhaust moves, like when you hit a bump or go over a speed bump. I think you're going to have to get under there and tell us what you're seeing.
On the right rear wheel that is making a noise every revolution, there could be something metallic like a nail stuck in the tire tread. When this has happened to me before, I've heard a faint ticking sound as the nail head (or whatever) strikes the pavement with each revolution. Of course, this sound is usually pretty faint and hard to hear unless the windows are down.
Originally Posted by 10thAEWHiteHeat
Oh yeah and also.. when i am in reverse i hear another clacking in the rear right-hand side of the car which in the frequency of what seems like every time the wheel makes a full rotation.. wierd 

Originally Posted by micaheli
Probably your struts dying... Pretty common noise.
I think not.
Jack up the rear and put car in neutral.
-Spin wheel in both directions.
-Assuming there is nothing caught in the wheel that may be brushing the shock body/spring you have only a few probable culprits left to look at- the halfshaft, the wheel bearing or the brake assembly.
-Remove the rear caliper. If the noise remains you're down to the halfshaft or bearing.
Originally Posted by daviddeep
Have you looked under the car to see if anything is caught in the suspension and/or brakes? Sometimes weird stuff gets kicked up in there and then makes all sorts of horrible noises depending on where it is trapped.
You might also have an exhaust heat shield that has worked itself partly loose and rattles whenever the exhaust moves, like when you hit a bump or go over a speed bump. I think you're going to have to get under there and tell us what you're seeing.
On the right rear wheel that is making a noise every revolution, there could be something metallic like a nail stuck in the tire tread. When this has happened to me before, I've heard a faint ticking sound as the nail head (or whatever) strikes the pavement with each revolution. Of course, this sound is usually pretty faint and hard to hear unless the windows are down.
You might also have an exhaust heat shield that has worked itself partly loose and rattles whenever the exhaust moves, like when you hit a bump or go over a speed bump. I think you're going to have to get under there and tell us what you're seeing.
On the right rear wheel that is making a noise every revolution, there could be something metallic like a nail stuck in the tire tread. When this has happened to me before, I've heard a faint ticking sound as the nail head (or whatever) strikes the pavement with each revolution. Of course, this sound is usually pretty faint and hard to hear unless the windows are down.
If you installed a rear camber adjestment bar , it may be too much. and you have to give it some camber back.
The sound i had was a thunk. From the middle rear. mostly on heavy accleration or bumps.
Also may be your bushings on some of your suspension parts have degraded and it may be metal on metal.
The sound i had was a thunk. From the middle rear. mostly on heavy accleration or bumps.
Also may be your bushings on some of your suspension parts have degraded and it may be metal on metal.
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I haven't done any suspension work... Did the thunking turn out to be your rear diff? Idk.. i am changing the tires this week so i will have the mechanics look around when they do so and i will watch so they dont BS me
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