hello to all forum readers. i was driving my ls hatch the other day and i accelerated to about 50 and then this knocking sound came from what sounded like my right passenger side wheel (or somewhere around that general area). it does it everytime i drive the car now. im not sure what is making it knock theres nothing leaking or anything and it only does it when i accelerate...PLEASE HELP!

 

need more info.

 

check to see if your lug nuts are tight......it makes a knocking sound if they're lose

 

Sounds like your tire out of balance.

 

Axle possibly

 

yeah check your lug nuts, also check your wheel bearing, jack your right side up from the front jack point and wiggle your tire with hand on the top (12 o'clock) and one hand on the bottom of the wheel (6 o'clock) there should be no play.. if there is, turn your wheel all the way to the left (or right, whichever allows you to see behind the wheel easiest) and look behind the wheel to see if your ball joints are okay.. check those by wiggling the tire like how i explained and looking to see if anything is lose

 

im thinking bearings too?

 

is the knocking uniform with speed (gets faster as you go faster)

 

yeah it gets faster as i go faster

 

thanks for all your guys help tomo i am going to go out and try check it out and will post the results

 

If you took the little screws out of your rotors when doing brakes on the car, sometimes the rotor can move enough to either loose the lug nuts or create indents for the lugs to sink into in the wheel (this would be if you have softer aluminum wheels, eg. Rota)

So if you've removed the screws, reinstall them, retorque the lug nuts and you'll have no more noise.

 

do a shake down test. doesn't hurt

 

i just replaced my brake lines like 2 months ago so that might be it. thanks!!!

 

Any update? I had a similar sounding problem, turned out to be my wheel bearing.

 

the lines itself wont have anything to do with it...

 

he means that by the fact that he was messing with his brakes/rotors and may have taken the screw off for some reason i'm guessing..

but anyway, im in for an update, have you tested for your wheel bearing or ball joints like i told ya?

 

my guess would be axle or wheel bearing... get the car up on a lift and check it out

 

update
replaced wheel bearing and axle. thanks for the help. pretty sure it was a bearing. it runs excellent.now on to bigger and better things

 

good to hear