'ticking' sound from wheels
02-26-2010, 10:48 AM
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'ticking' sound from wheels
Ok, here's the setup. 06 Base Z. Stock suspension, stock ride height, stock wheels, stock tire sizes.
Just installed Ichiba V2 spacers last night. 25mm all around. Drove the car around last night, after the install, and didn't hear anything out of the ordinary.
This morning, on the way to work, I hear a ticking sound coming from my wheels. Ticking increases with speed, and decreases when I slow down. Not sure what that is. Am pretty certain I tightened everything down correctly.
Can anybody point me in the right direction? Thanks.
Just installed Ichiba V2 spacers last night. 25mm all around. Drove the car around last night, after the install, and didn't hear anything out of the ordinary.
This morning, on the way to work, I hear a ticking sound coming from my wheels. Ticking increases with speed, and decreases when I slow down. Not sure what that is. Am pretty certain I tightened everything down correctly.
Can anybody point me in the right direction? Thanks.
02-26-2010, 11:27 AM
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Probably not. I don't have a torque wrench here with me, so I usually tighten them by hand a couple times. I've thought about trying to re-tighten everything again.
02-26-2010, 11:32 AM
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Ok, here's the setup. 06 Base Z. Stock suspension, stock ride height, stock wheels, stock tire sizes.
Just installed Ichiba V2 spacers last night. 25mm all around. Drove the car around last night, after the install, and didn't hear anything out of the ordinary.
This morning, on the way to work, I hear a ticking sound coming from my wheels. Ticking increases with speed, and decreases when I slow down. Not sure what that is. Am pretty certain I tightened everything down correctly.
Can anybody point me in the right direction? Thanks.
Just installed Ichiba V2 spacers last night. 25mm all around. Drove the car around last night, after the install, and didn't hear anything out of the ordinary.
This morning, on the way to work, I hear a ticking sound coming from my wheels. Ticking increases with speed, and decreases when I slow down. Not sure what that is. Am pretty certain I tightened everything down correctly.
Can anybody point me in the right direction? Thanks.
02-26-2010, 11:38 AM
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Two things have caused this in with my car. The first time it happened, it was a screw that I had run over that was stuck in the tire itself. The second time, it was merely a sizeable rock stuck between the treads. Inspect each tire and see if you can find something like this. What you're describing sounds exactly like what I experienced - the clicking is just whatever object it is hitting the pavement. As you go faster, it obviously will increase in frequency.
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Two things have caused this in with my car. The first time it happened, it was a screw that I had run over that was stuck in the tire itself. The second time, it was merely a sizeable rock stuck between the treads. Inspect each tire and see if you can find something like this. What you're describing sounds exactly like what I experienced - the clicking is just whatever object it is hitting the pavement. As you go faster, it obviously will increase in frequency.
02-26-2010, 12:44 PM
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Two things have caused this in with my car. The first time it happened, it was a screw that I had run over that was stuck in the tire itself. The second time, it was merely a sizeable rock stuck between the treads. Inspect each tire and see if you can find something like this. What you're describing sounds exactly like what I experienced - the clicking is just whatever object it is hitting the pavement. As you go faster, it obviously will increase in frequency.
If the tick increases and decreases with MPH, you are in luck. Well not in luck as I know the exact problem, but in luck because the noise is related to something that is rotating. Wheels, tires. spacers, brake rotors.
There is a nail in your tire that taps the ground as you drive?
02-26-2010, 10:50 PM
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Well. I'm a retard. So i went to check the driver's side front wheel, since that's where the sound was coming from... Apparently I didn't tighten the lugs on the wheel much. The noise was either my lugs rattling because they're 2-piece. Or the wheel was moving around on the lug studs.
02-26-2010, 10:52 PM
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Well. I'm a retard. So i went to check the driver's side front wheel, since that's where the sound was coming from... Apparently I didn't tighten the lugs on the wheel much. The noise was either my lugs rattling because they're 2-piece. Or the wheel was moving around on the lug studs.
I dont want you thinkin the spacers i sold you caused your wheels to fall off