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Well I just jacked up the car today

******* good bit of grease on the drivers side on the lca/caliper etc around that area,

its coming fomr the outermost part of the boot closest to the tire where the little clamp is. I dont see any tears though

Now could this be causing my problem? No grease = grind? There isnt that much grease but theres a good handful

Now if this is the cause I can either:
1- snip the clamp and fill it back up with grease
2- grab a spare axle with a fucked boot and get it fixed and try that
3- this isnt my problem look elsewhere

I see no other problems other than my oil leak

Hope someone can help

I just got this car running after a year of downtime, in that time I did a motor build up (d16a6 forged) and a turbo install, brakes, suspesion etc
Well I started driving the car and it was mint for a 2 hour haul I took, then I noticed a small SOFT rubbing noise when driving, the noise would change witht he speed, it didnt sound like metal on metal contact so I didnt care figured the tires were rubbing but I knew they werent

Well today I went out and after a couple rippers I went down to low speeds and hear your this LOUD grinding, its only for the first few thousand rpm or so when its the worst.

You can hear it quite well when turning as well, cant tel if its form the turn or just because something wants to make noise.


No power steering, no a/c, car is an 88 crx si

Can someone help me narrow it down please?

Thanks
Kevin




Modified by PINKS at 8:31 AM 5/22/2006

 

 

 

jack up the car and spin the wheels. sounds like you have a wheel bearing issue.

 

so if I spin the whells what I supposed to hear?

I know they dont spin noise free, theres a good bit of noise, i thought it was from the new pads/rotors

 

I just went out for an early morning drive, the grinding is at its loudest at low speeds and light cornering, it really has no pattern when it makes the noise, anytime in any gear 1-3

Its grinds for no more than 1 second at a time, stops, grind, sometimes once, sometimes once sometime 4 times until you get up to speed, even at higher speeds I can hear a soft rubbing

I should mention that it only seems to do it with the car in gear, doesnt matter if its accelerating or decelerating

I also have a feeling in my shifter, a clucnking feeling when you push the shifter forward further than you need to and hold it there, you can feel a pulse in the shifter every second or two, just moves the shifter a little bit.

I dont know if something needs replaced or if something just wasnt installed right.... it seems to be ocming fomr the passenger side but its so hard to tell

 

i should probably also mention that when I did the engine swap, one of my boots on the axles were torn so I threw in another Crx axle

it wasnt on the side that I think is making the noise, it was the long drivers side one

I dunno I need some help guys, Im broke and I have car troubles

 

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I know they dont spin noise free, theres a good bit of noise, i thought it was from the new pads/rotors</TD></TR></TABLE>

Diagonse it, can you feel or hear where the source of the noise is?

If not, remove the brake pads.. is the noise still there? If not it's probabaly the caliper hanging up a bit.

If yes, remove the axle.. is the noise still there? If not it's probably in the axle or trans.

If yes replace the hub bearing since there is not other possible source of noise.

 

My car was doing something like this and it was the input shaft bearing.

 

noooooooo

 

Well I just jacked up the car today

******* good bit of grease on the drivers side on the lca/caliper etc around that area,

its coming fomr the outermost part of the boot closest to the tire where the little clamp is. I dont see any tears though

Now could this be causing my problem? No grease = grind? There isnt that much grease but theres a good handful

Now if this is the cause I can either:
1- snip the clamp and fill it back up with grease
2- grab a spare axle with a fucked boot and get it fixed and try that
3- this isnt my problem look elsewhere

I see no other problems other than my oil leak

Hope someone can help

 

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Soooooooooo

i think I foudn the problem

I was under the car, just spinning the wheels looking for problems

I turned the passenger side wheel to full lock 9forget which way)

started spinning the tire and i kinda hurd a small metal on metal grind noise so I look over as im spinning the wheel

AND THE DRIVERS WHEEL WASNT SPINNING!!!

I musta spun the passenger wheel for 15 seconds in pure awe, I then turned the passenger wheel to the other side full lock and went over to the drivers side, took a look at the axle and what to ya know, I can see a good 1/4" or maybe a bit more of silver between the tranny and the boot, I try and jiggle the axle and it doesnt really move, the wheels then both spun in unicin and I couldnt get it on any spots to spin byitself again

-all bolts are tight
-axle nut is as tight as possible no movement there

Now I dont know what to do. Are axles different between the years? This drivers side axle is an 89-91 as it came out of my last 89 si. This new car that its in is an 88

I have no ******* idea whats wrong

 

 

hmmm I guess I shouldnt worry aobut swapping boots over to fix the spare axle I have, just fill and reclamp the one on the car

You think its just popped out or something?

Like the wheel wasnt spinning when the other one was, turned it full lock the other way and it musta grabbed or something

You think if I just take the dirvers side apart, slam that axle back in there and then reinstall it will be ok?

Can someone enlighten me on the little clip on the end of the axle that goes inside of the trans, it just goes around like 90% like a c-clip right? Gotta make sure thats there I guess

Or should I go ahead and get this spare axle I haves boot fixed and just swap them?