Scean

aight my cars doin somthin kinda funny, theres a SLIGHT bump or thud, comming from what sound like my back left tire area, it bumps with the rotation so speeds up as i accelerate, but the weird part is, if i brake, or turn it stops, and then starts again after i let off the brake or straighten out ne ideas?

crashN2u

First check your lugnuts.

Scean

checked, pulled the wheel off when it started, tightend everything down really well, and it stopped for about a day, and started again, but now does it SOME of the time, drive to school, nothing, drive home thud thud thud, its very light but its there.

FERIOkid

stud might be stripped is all i can think of...causing your lug nuts to loosten a lot easier while driving from the vibrations of the road and constant movement...Just what I think could be wrong

crashN2u

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I was thinking that also. How long ago did it first happen? I'm thinking it has to be the studs or lugnuts if when you tightened them it corrected the problem, even if only for a day. Is the sound more pronounced at high speeds? Low speeds?

94solchick

my old car was doing that, then one day coming off the highway, I couldn't even turn. I pulled over and there was one lug nut barely holding the wheel on. It was like /. Really cute...broke all of the studs off. I think my ******* ex loosened them.

Scean

this just started like two days ago, fixed it that night, came back the next day after a lil driving, and then, today, hasnt done it at all so far, so i dunno, sounds more pronounced during lower speeds just because you can hear it better, vs. when u get faster the thuds are happending so fast u cant really hear them as well. I dunno ill keep an eye on the lugnuts and lug studs, ne other ideas?

newb16image

check the tires. maybe you have a bubble or something. maybe you have a bad bearing.

SirRevvs

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I was thinking the same maybe you have a bubble in your tire are you running low pro's?

WOPCIVIC

lug nutz

Scean

yea i am runnnin low pros, lowerd car w/ damn 17's, but yea theyre like 2 weeks old, pirelli sp?, p7000 supersports could be a lump but would it have watied two weeks to develop?

EK22snatch

yeah if you have aftermarket rims, you should really keep an eye on the torque. id retorque those lugnuts again (to 80ft/lbs). i know this exact thing happened to me by in the psgrs front and sure enough, the lug niuts werent torqued enough.