Noise from rear of car. Gets faster as i go faster? Vid too.

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Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:52 am

Started on the way home tonight. I took a small vid of the noise too when i was going down to the house so sorry about the slush sound.

It gets faster as i go faster and only happens when the car is in gear.

Not sounding good.

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Sat Jan 05, 2008 2:11 am

maybe some crap tangled in your prop or some moving part?
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 2:16 am

Yeah, im expecting the worse tbh but it sounds like something is catching. Going to investigate properly tommorro.
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 2:22 am

with any luck it will be something simple dude!
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:13 am

Had technical difficulty executing the video but sounds to me like the differential.
Its like a whining noise.
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:31 am

nah, its like a clunking, clicking metallic sound which gets faster as i go faster.
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:33 am

u not had a look under the car yet?
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:58 am

hammoj28 wrote:nah, its like a clunking, clicking metallic sound which gets faster as i go faster.
Sounds to me like somthing external has come loose or somthing is catching the prop. Good luck rummaging about in the sna' James !!!!
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:11 am

Maybe something adrift in the handbrake department?
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:14 am

Im away to have a look in a minute. Just got up lazy eh. Yeah, thats a possibility but its only when its in gear and seems worse when im accelerating. Annoyin.
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:49 pm

Been, having a look but cant see anything yet. Going to take the caliper and disc off.

heres another vid i got this morning.

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Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:42 pm

might sound daft, but have you checked all the bolts are in on your driveshafts? if one of them comes out the metal thing that joins 2 holes swings about when driving making that sort of noise. (will probably make more sense if you look :mad: )
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:48 pm

it's very difficult to hear, but if it's metalic sound then might be differential, I've got that, can hear it going faster, thought it's disks or brakes but went to the garage they said it's diff, put some oil in it, so it's not getting worse at least, have to save some money to change it. hope helps
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:49 pm

could be one of the c.v joints on the driveshafts or the uj's on the prop
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:52 pm

sounds like when the pin holding the handbrake shoes to the backing plate has popped out and its rubbing on the brake disc but it would do that whether in gear or not.
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:08 pm

how much oil did you put in the diff?
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:20 pm

Iv not touched the diff tbh. Checked it a while ago but not recently.

Cheers for the response guys, going to check all of the above out. reckon its prob a cv tho.
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