Well, I just got a new clutch(and axles) installed (OEM) and have broken it in fairly nicely...

That was about two weeks ago, and just a few nights ago i was makin' a U-turn(left) and as the wheel was cranked over I heard a weird metallic sounding pop, and just then a peice of metal bouncing away (ting...ting...ting...).

This was about 50 feet from where i parked, and as i rolled down to a stop the car was making a horrid grinding (metal on metal), and the noise stopped about five feet from where i parked for the night.

In the morning I pulled the car into the garage(no weird noises) and took the wheels off. EVERYTHING looks good... axles, brakes, tie-rods,bushings, suspension etc. After trying to snug everything to spec with a torquer, and everything was good... I went for a test drive.

The car seems the same, braking is fine, sharp turns and all... but during acceleration (in gear, gas pressed... but not between shifts) there is a weird solid squeek (not to loud, but definetly noticable outside the car) up to about 20 MPH.

I am fairly tech savvy with hondas, but I am at my last guess...

Any help or input would be greatly appreciated!!!

(Oh yaeh, I used to be on this board as "95lsramair", but i forgot the password and had no secret question... So im not a total newbie)

Thanks alot.

 

So you didn't go chasing that part that went bouncing away?? Knowing what that was would have been a real useful piece of information.

If you had forgotton something like a cotter pin or some kind of clip, left it to get stuck in your brakes; it should have fallen out a while ago. But that's what it sounds like. Something caught between the brake rotor & the splash shield making a grinding noise.

I guess I'd inspect everything again. Band clamp from a CV joint boot?

 

I tried to look for the part immediately but it was late and pitch black, the part sounded very small.

All 8 cv clamps are new and intact, as well as all other things that i can see...

The noise is progressivly getting louder... and now it does it as i am slowing from 20-0mph in or out of gear, but not between shifts while accelerating... only in gear.

I guess im going to take it to where i got the clutch done (kind of a friend of a friend at my local Midas) and see if they will look at it for free.

Please dont flame me for the Midas either

 

How about any of those little clips & shims that go in the brakes?

 

does the noise change with engine speed???? or does it stay teh same no matter what the engine is doing?

 

no change in noise with rpm... now it seems to do it when i am coasting with the clutch in at speeds under 20mph... all break pad shims seem intact... ussually doesnt happen during my first 5-10min of driving... kinda like it needs to warm up?