Knocking/popping when turning the wheel?
08-20-2012, 05:47 PM
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Knocking/popping when turning the wheel?
Okay just today out of nowhere whenever I turn the wheel there's a creeking knocking and popping sound and I can feel it in my feet... When driving in 1st 2nd And 3rd at cruising Rpms, if I tap the brake there's a single click, or knock... If driving in. 1st and let off the throttle to let it coast there's a few clicks/knocks. Im 90% sure it isn't the axles. When the car is raised and I turn the wheel it don't make any noise at all.
08-20-2012, 06:37 PM
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Checked the tie rods.. Control arm bushings I don't think are bad already only 37k on the car. Gonna get under there and check it out again. I didn't see anything before. Anyone else had these symptoms?
08-20-2012, 07:46 PM
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It's hard to explain the noise but it's a knock/pop sounds kinda sounds like when your tightening a rope extremely tight until it makes that stretching popping noise know what I'm sayin?
08-20-2012, 07:50 PM
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check endlinks. sounds like that could be it. other then that it could be the trailing control arm bushings. 37k may seem low but i've seen them go bad on a 15k car......you can check those with a prybar and jiggling the control arm to see how much movement they have......
08-20-2012, 08:39 PM
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Okay I'll definite check these things tomrrow. Have a set of end links I can put on. I'll check the other things. Just don't see the control arm bushings just going out like that out of nowhere.
08-21-2012, 02:00 AM
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Wangspeed Yup they're not the lugs, if it was the cv book powell wouldn't I hear it all the time? And when driving at normal speeds through turns? What's " bad cabs" mean? Lol
08-21-2012, 03:25 PM
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Checked all bushings and stuff one of the end links didn't have a washer on it so I put one on it and thought that would be it but it's not. To me all the bushings look like they're fine.. Gonna jack the car up on jack stands and put it in first and then press the brakes to see if I can see anything moving or making noise.
08-21-2012, 06:56 PM
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When I took my trans out a week ago, and I was taking out the passenger side control arm bolt that goes thru the subframe, I was loosening it and the bolt was spinning so fast in the bushing that it started burning the rubber bushing.. An the bolt never came out of the bushing, the subframe came off but the bolt didn't come out of the bushing .. Maybe when I was using the impact on it and from the bolt spinning so quick and burning the bushing that caused it to go bad?
But when I checked the bushing it seemed fine.. Driving me crazy as you can tell lol.
But when I checked the bushing it seemed fine.. Driving me crazy as you can tell lol.
08-21-2012, 07:00 PM
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When I took my trans out a week ago, and I was taking out the passenger side control arm bolt that goes thru the subframe, I was loosening it and the bolt was spinning so fast in the bushing that it started burning the rubber bushing.. An the bolt never came out of the bushing, the subframe came off but the bolt didn't come out of the bushing .. Maybe when I was using the impact on it and from the bolt spinning so quick and burning the bushing that caused it to go bad?
But when I checked the bushing it seemed fine.. Driving me crazy as you can tell lol.
But when I checked the bushing it seemed fine.. Driving me crazy as you can tell lol.
08-22-2012, 01:33 AM
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It is unusual on a 2010. Quite often on older 05/06 the bolt seizes on the control arm bushing center. You bushing is either torn or rotating in the arm itself. If the fomer, new bushing or my spherical cabs. If it is the latter, then a new arm is probably required....good luck...
And you mean I'd have to get a new control arm if the bushing is shot?
08-22-2012, 09:17 AM
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Oh yea I kno that lol. Tried lookin for oem bushings on CED and the only have the front horizontal bushing not the rear that I might need. Anyone know Bout that ?
08-22-2012, 01:45 PM
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I was thinking but money is a little tight right now for me. If I can get a pen
One for 15 bucks ill do that just to hold me over you know.
One for 15 bucks ill do that just to hold me over you know.
08-23-2012, 06:16 PM
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i just got home from the dealership for that click sound and the mechanic looked at it and said he check everything out in the front end and everything was tight, but then he said he did notice play in the inner driver side cv shaft. So he ordered one and will be in in about 5 days. Covered under warranty! 
Hes not positive that's what causing the clicking, but its a start.
Hes not positive that's what causing the clicking, but its a start.
lol, i ment play in the inner cv joint