Hi,

I did my own replacements-they proved defective and this time I had a shop do it. Now when driving a steady but intermittent metal on metal rub is heard from the front passengers side. Shifting, clutching, throttle, braking, steering changes have no effect on the sound. I had them set the hub nut to the right ft. lbs so the wheel bearing is not scorched. I replaced the tranny oil after the noise started though the level was correct it was due. Any ideas here on the site? We bought our 1st CRX in '84, the 1.3 and hit an honest 60 MPG across the AZ. desert too bad the Massachusetts salt baths dissolved our car!

 

Since you can pinpoint that the sound started right after the shop changed out the axle, then they should be held responsible.

If you can, take off the wheel on the noisy side and do an inspection of your own. Metal to metal rubbing leaves behind nice shiny metal which should be fairly easy to spot.

 

If you plan on bringing it to the shop I wouldn't do anything rothe xr I would just bring it to the shop and have them do it so they can't blame it on you

 

I'll head back over, after they properly torqued the axle I had them try to duplicate the sound but it of course was silent during the test drive. Since it's more frequent now I'll try again. I did a visual-took the axle nut off and moved the shaft a bit but saw nothing worrisome, shavings or a "not removed" ABS ring.

 

The dust shield is not in contact, it's random but the same sound each time like metal on metal rotating but not the click of a new but defective cv joint.

Has anyone heard of a bad CV joint that makes a noise other than the clicking we've all heard?

 

Between the axle and hub is a wheel bearing washer/cover. It appears it was damaged when the installer pried the ABS ring off the end. Now warped it would sometimes hang on the hub and spin causing the noise. Removal ended the noise.