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Can anyone help me? i have a clicking noise on my r32 .. when ever i take off it clicks, change gears it clicks, turn a bend it clicks, gear down it clicks, even boost spools up quikly it will click under the load. the clicking sound is kinda like the sound if you got a pebble stuck in you tire and it clicks as it rolls over it.

i have no pebbles

i can also slightly feel it on the peddles. has anyone ever had this problem b4... if so please ease my pain..

thanks guys!

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ebola Proficient

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How about a description of WHAT causes it?

does it increase in frequency with speed (drivetrain) or rpm (engine)?

how does cornering affect it (suspension)

from your 'pebble on tyre', perhaps you should try rotating all the tyres individually (by hand?)...

EDIT: fixed spelling

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I have had this problem (attributable to increase in speed) it occurs for me when going over 80km/h and then disappears about 100km/h

It was not engine related. Why the past tense well...

I did the following

Secured fron fog lamp leads

Secured inner guard after lower section removed

Got tyres pulled off rims to remove dirt balls the build up sometimes

A HOST of other things to ni avail

Then one day...it just went away...had me stumped, mechanic stumped

Fulcrum stumped...its the little gremlin, maybe I went fast enough that he finally f#cked off

nF Collaborator

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i had a constant clicking sound

it was one of the vents in the aircon system not closing quite properly, and it'd keep trying forever

click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click

T04GTR Grand Master

T04GTR

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hmm. has it had a manuel conversion done?

ive had it where the dust cover on the back of the box had a dent in it. rubbed the tailshaft each revolution.

also check the tailshaft for ware. ie.centre bearing(midle bit) and the unis.

also stones can get behind the brake disk backing plate. similar sound

but i really need to know if it speeds up with the car/engine ctc

(B1) MR_fanny Grand Master

(B1) MR_fanny

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ive got the same thing. firstly it was a screw in my tyre. got some coilovers put in and then got the puncture fixed. noise is still there. only happens on certain types of road surfaces and whenever i turn right. it is also relative to speed too.

StOjA Enthusiast

StOjA

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Its got nothing to do with engine... now that you mention CVs. my mums camrys CVs were about to go and the sound was similar. my clicking noise only comes when i take off, gear down and sometimes when i plank it and boost picks up quikly....it is definatly at my right rear wheel... it clicks alot going up my drive way because of the up hill.... i just changed the shocks but i had this problem b4 hand so its not them ... im so confused

blind_elk Grand Master

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Can you swap the drive shafts left-2-right? See if that causes the sound to come from the left. That would start pointing the finger at the CV joint (which is my guess, regardless).

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I dont know if this helps but my car clicks whenever i turn the wheel cos my steering rack needs to be overhauled. The r32s steering racks bugger up pretty quick around the 100k mark. But id desnt sond like it comes from there all the time but.

Another thing is i have on my car is cos its a fourdoor the seat belt is pretty slack once its on(due to the sorter front door). The socket or whatever u want to call, it clicks everytime i move it clicks dunno why but it clicks, very annoying.

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T04GTR

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hmm. has it had a manuel conversion done?

ive had it where the dust cover on the back of the box had a dent in it. rubbed the tailshaft each revolution.

also check the tailshaft for ware. ie.centre bearing(midle bit) and the unis.

also stones can get behind the brake disk backing plate. similar sound

but i really need to know if it speeds up with the car/engine ctc

clearly im wasting my time :)

ellie Proficient

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Ooooooooooooooo! What an angry frog :(

By the looks of this thread you haven't checked back in since you started it but if it makes you feel any better i to have an R32 with the exact same click noise from the right hand wheel as well!

I'm a mechanic and have been meaning to have a crack at tarcking this gremlin down but haven't had enough time to even start the car let alone fix things for months. I also have access to a skyline Guru so i might even ask him if he has struck it before and will try to keep everyone informed

On mine = when stationary engage the clutch for a brisk take off and straight away as if with the torsion applied to the rear a very quick "click,click" and also occasionally after a stong acceleration with a sudden off throttle, same thing.

Once i held the hand brake on and tried it = still there = rules that out

Possibly a CV but thats an awful big call when there are so many other things You'd check prior and without disassembling you car! also when ever i've had CV's clicking it does it all the time in many driving conditions.

I think a pair of chassis ears will be the go.

But my first port of call would be to really clean up the rear brake pads and apply brake grease to any contact surfaces and make sure they hve the shims they're supposed to!

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