I noticed my car making a weird noise a few days ago. It kind of sounds like something is rubbing up against the left rotor or something, but it only really happens when I turn left (even just the slightest bit to the left). Just in the past day or two, it started getting a little worse, and you can kind of hear it even when the car is going to the right.

Any ideas what it could be?

 

is it a clicking noise or a grinding/squelly noise?

 

did u try just taking the wheel off and looking for loose bolts, unaligned parts etc?

did u check nething at all on ur own before u posted

 

I don't have the means to get in there and look around at the moment. I did the best I could sticking my head in there, but I couldn't see anything that looked obviously out of place. I figure maybe someone could point me in the right direction for when I'm able to do that.

It's not a clicking, it sounds like a rubbing. A little bit like the noise it would make if the rotors were warped.

 

take the wheel off and see if the metal around the rotor is bent in. When i put my new calipers on i somehow bent it in a bit and it would make a scraping noise when turning left.


if it is, just bend it out a lil bit.

 

Yeah, check the heatshield. Mine makes a noise when I turn hard, but I don't care.

 

Yea mine are all fucked up from taking everything apart so many times. Probably just bent dust sheilds.

 

Heat shield/dust shield, same ****.

 

Ok, so I was finally able to pull the wheels off and investigate some, and there's nothing rubbing against the rotor or anything. And since the noise has become like a louder almost beat that changes speed with the speed of the car.

I'm starting to think it's the CV axle, but that's like a $250 gamble. Any ideas?

 

Im pretty sure its your left side cv joint, very common amoung eg civics. Do you only hear the noise while applying the throttle during a turn? Try coasting through a turn, if you dont here the noise, but here it when you the apply the throttle, you need cv joints.

-bearer of bad news

 

in his original post he said something sounded like it was rubbing, cv joint dont make a rubbing noise, they make a clicking noise!

 

as far as the noise goes, check your pads, sometimes they wear uneven, causing the metal on the worn pad to rub on the rotor.