Just noticed it today. Whenever i turn right and apply throttle i get this 1/2 creeping 1/2 faint light tap sound. Sounds kind of like a washing machine with the lid open but in more faint in a car like manner.

doesn't happen when i turn left.
doesn't happen when i turn right with no throttle or neutral.
doesn't happen in a straight line.

I only heard it today cuz i was driving slow with the windows down taking a right turn at aprox 15mph in 2nd gear.

my thoughts.... CV, axles, bearings. but i'm not sure which or why. does your car do this? it was kind of faint and also it is a honda with a weirdass tranny, backwards turning engine

 

I would check the CV boots and see if they are torn.

 

checked the car.


axles are clean
boots are clean no tears
no oil dripping anywhere

im kinding thinking its a bearing. but it only happens when i get throttle + turn. n i would think bearing would make the sound reguardless of throttle & turn.

thats so weird.

car has almost 200k on it tho. its been a good car no probs.

 

crap maybe its the differential. w/e its a cx i bought for 1500. should last me another year.

 

it can be your axles. although your boot may not be broken it can still brake. my driverside is only about 5 months old, and i had too much fun w/vtec and i broke the cv joint. so now i hear a low clicking noise, but my boot is perfectly fine.

usually when the bearings are bad, they will make a looud humming noise when you drive.

 

if it where a bearing you could make it do it regardless of speed, its very hard to diagnose a problem w/ a noise involved when you cant hear the noise.

 

yea i was thinking it was the cv too but then again it doesnt make the noise with throttle when i go straight or turn the other way. its not exactly click either and i kno wut it sounds like wen a cv or axle is about to go out. lol oh well.

 

my conclusion is that when the cv brakes, but the boot is still good, then the boot and grease suppresses (don't know if thats spelled right?) the noise.

 

check all your mounts especially the torque mounts under the frame

 

could also be that my car when im driving down a steep hill n hit the brakes, the car makes a creap/creaking noise as if the springs were rusted or something. its an old car.