CAMARO6 - View Single Post - SOLVED: SS 1LE Front Clicking/Ticking Under Turning Loads

Whitespeed · 03-21-2019, 06:34 PM

Applying more grease to the mating surface seems like an odd solution to me. That's not to say it won't work. IMO, sufficient grease encourages the mating surfaces to slide against each other, so it gets rid of the noise because there's less of an abrupt stick-slip action happening. However, I'd rather not have that movement happening in the first place. My lugs were loose from the factory, and torquing them to spec helped somewhat. I had to corner harder to hear the clicking. However, to fully eliminate the clicking, I found that the mating surfaces have to be spotlessly clean with these wheels. I initially tried just hosing down the surfaces with brake cleaner and wiping it off with a rag. That got rid of the sound on right hand turns, and temporarily eliminated it on left hand turns, but it soon came back on left turns. I finally used some lacquer thinner on a rag and kept wiping down the mating faces thoroughly with clean sections of the rag until the rag was no longer picking up grease. 5000+ miles later, and the clicking has not returned.

Nigel

03-21-2019, 06:34 PM	#59
Whitespeed Drives: 2018 1SS 1LE & 1973 Datsun 240Z Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Ontario Posts: 574	Applying more grease to the mating surface seems like an odd solution to me. That's not to say it won't work. IMO, sufficient grease encourages the mating surfaces to slide against each other, so it gets rid of the noise because there's less of an abrupt stick-slip action happening. However, I'd rather not have that movement happening in the first place. My lugs were loose from the factory, and torquing them to spec helped somewhat. I had to corner harder to hear the clicking. However, to fully eliminate the clicking, I found that the mating surfaces have to be spotlessly clean with these wheels. I initially tried just hosing down the surfaces with brake cleaner and wiping it off with a rag. That got rid of the sound on right hand turns, and temporarily eliminated it on left hand turns, but it soon came back on left turns. I finally used some lacquer thinner on a rag and kept wiping down the mating faces thoroughly with clean sections of the rag until the rag was no longer picking up grease. 5000+ miles later, and the clicking has not returned. Nigel Last edited by Whitespeed; 03-22-2019 at 04:05 AM.