Arghhhh! The ticking!
02-03-2003, 11:55 AM
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Slightly off-topic ... very off color
True Story: The other night this guy was driving down the street up near Boston MA when he heard a bump. He stopped his car, took a quick look around but couldn't figure out the cause, got back in and began driving. Then he heard something strange coming from underneath the car. He stopped again and looked underneath ... and found a little old lady caught on the undercarriage. Boy, was he TICKED off! 
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02-03-2003, 05:50 PM
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My first bet is what you already suspect, a rock, nail, or something else in the tire tread. I can be real hard to find sometimes and can come from the other end of the vehicle then you suspect. Don't ask me how I know that....
Next is going to be a wheel bearing or CV joint. You need to pay attension to the frequency of the tick and then pay attension to the things in the drive train that rotate at that speed. I think you will be looking at the tires and front drive axles to pin it down.
Squeeks, rattles and so on can be real hard to locate. I have a thing called a Chassis Ear. It has about 9 cables with alligator clips on the ends with microphones. You clip these things in the general area where you think the noise is coming from and then drive the car. When the noise presents you click through the selector until you find the one that is the loudest. Then you reposistion all the clips to the area where that one is and do it again. You can find just about any squeek, rattle and so on in short order. Of course it is hard to clip the microphone on the tires...
http://www.warrenandbrown.com.au/Han...CAT2001_29.pdf
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Next is going to be a wheel bearing or CV joint. You need to pay attension to the frequency of the tick and then pay attension to the things in the drive train that rotate at that speed. I think you will be looking at the tires and front drive axles to pin it down.
Squeeks, rattles and so on can be real hard to locate. I have a thing called a Chassis Ear. It has about 9 cables with alligator clips on the ends with microphones. You clip these things in the general area where you think the noise is coming from and then drive the car. When the noise presents you click through the selector until you find the one that is the loudest. Then you reposistion all the clips to the area where that one is and do it again. You can find just about any squeek, rattle and so on in short order. Of course it is hard to clip the microphone on the tires...
http://www.warrenandbrown.com.au/Han...CAT2001_29.pdf
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02-04-2003, 01:15 PM
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I can't really remember what I paid for it, I think it was less then $200.
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02-07-2003, 08:45 AM
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Well, the noise has been gone now ever since I taped up that wheel weight. It was not something I would have thought of, but I've been wrong before... or am I mistaken about that?:pat:
Thanks all who replied. I hope the other guys figured out their noises.
Mike
Thanks all who replied. I hope the other guys figured out their noises.
Mike
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