If I brake heavily on a slope, when I accelerate away something in the front does a clicking, thunking thing, particularly on corners under load.The C.V. boot is not split, my mechanic couldn't identify the problem. It's a '94 Magna, auto. The clicking can be felt through the floor pan and steering wheel and can last or disappear for days at a time! Often it's on the windy hills though, and braking on a slope usually makes it come on. Any thoughts!
morrisman1,
Mar 4, 8:34pm
seems silly but have you checked your wheel nuts!
bondage_babe,
Mar 4, 8:40pm
Recently changed brakes and no change in behaviour.
bigfatmat1,
Mar 4, 8:45pm
Ihad a clicking noise down hill while braking it was the metal band on the outer CV boot hitting the lower ball joint on my honda . took me a while to find it
franc123,
Mar 4, 8:55pm
Just because the CV boots are intact doesn't mean that the joints are not worn, sometimes joints can even make noise when the steering is in a particular position nowhere near full lock, when loaded up during acceleration or braking etc. Get it over a pit or four post hoist and get all 4 CV's and the halfshafts checked properly for wear and security. Even worn splines in the shafts or a broken retainer clip could cause a problem like that.
shall,
Mar 4, 9:08pm
Engine or gearbox mounts !
andrewph,
Mar 4, 9:46pm
Hi, exhaust mount, steering stop, loose or worn swaybar link, axle nut, caliper bolt. even had a shock tube nut come loose once. (the big one on the body of the shock). Start with that list. Even a loose battery.
andrewph,
Mar 4, 9:48pm
Inner cv joint. Put the car on a hoist or axle stands and try to duplicate it.
intrade,
Mar 5, 6:21am
i would check if the clip holding the steering box is not broken off they naigbours magna done exactly that only hooked in to the body and 1 bolt holding the steering rack.it be something like this on the pile of crap.
mm12345,
Mar 5, 6:57am
I have a car here (Pulsar) with stuffed inner CV that I must get around to fixing.It's quite noisy on the road - under acceleration turning slightly.Bearings and outer CV seem fine. With brake caliper on, you can't hear anything, with the caliper off rotating wheel, there's a very faint click, located to inner CV using a hose as "stethoscope".In a workshop with normal background noise, I doubt you'd hear it at all.
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