mjk3888 |
07-20-2017 08:13 AM |
SOLVED: SS 1LE Front Clicking/Ticking Under Turning Loads
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I actually just posted this in a response to a thread below but I figured I should make a thread so someone could more easily find this when searching.
I had this clicking issue myself. Took the car to the dealer for the TSB and they cleaned the hub and the noise went away for about a month and came back. I then decided to tackle fixing it myself. I pulled the wheels off and noticed there was surface rust where I could see the dealer had originally cleaned the surface. I'm guessing once the surface rust formed the sound clicking returned. I figured if I cleaned it and covered it with something to prevent rust it could solve the issue, but the rumors had been that some grease dots from original manufacturing had caused the clicking in the first place. Non the less I had an idea I wanted to try out, so I cleaned the mating surfaces and put a small dab of anti seize on a paper towel and thinly spread it until all the shiny mating surfaces were covered. You will also want to spread a small amount on the actual hub lip that sits inside the opening on the wheel. Once you have done this reinstall the wheel and torque to the proper specs. Yes its that simple. It has been several months of daily driving, at least 4 days of AutoXing, and an hour long HARD RUN through the mountains. Still no clicking sounds have returned.
A few notes...
If you also put anti seize on your wheel studs be sure to decrease your lugnut torque accordingly instead of 140. I did and have run several AutoX's since with 120 torque and had zero issues. CHECK WHEEL LUG TORQUE AFTER A FEW DAYS, just in case it has backed off some. I personally check my wheel torque before and after every AutoX event.
You will likely have some anti seize that will get squeezed out and on your first drive it will splatter on the wheel barrel. After the first few drives and once the wheels are re torqued wash the wheel barrels to get it out. It won't hurt anything being there but it just looks messy.
BTW this photo is of some other 5 lug wheel but you get the point. It will be very obvious where you need to spread the anti-seize.
Try it out and post back with results.
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