clicking noise 2x revolution from right rear wheel????

[Guest Anonymous]

Car is fine forward of the diff. (not driveshaft). Never messed with rear stuff incl. driveline. Just returned from a winter weekend drive to hear clicking noise as if one of the shoe springs let go. Any thoughts otherwise? I can't really get into things for another two weeks and am hoping all is safe to drive????

[c.d.iesel]

PLEASE JACK UP THE REAR OF THE CAR BEFORE DRIVING ANYWHERE ELSE!!

GRAB THE WHEEL AT 12 AND 6 O-Clock and no wiggling should be felt

make sure the wheels turn freely with no scrapping noises or resistance

try wiggling also holding at 3 and 9 O-Clock

while rotating the wheels - listen for any noise from the axle joints inside the rubber boots - look at the boots for tears or grease loss.

A brake shoe spriing could have come loose - remove the rear tires and drums and inspect for broken /dislodged bits

do not just drive with your radio turned loUDER - diagnose

the noise before a wheel passes you down the road - or worse

[Vroomer]

do you have hub caps on the wheel? Take the hub cap off and see if the grease/resivoir cap thingy is floating around between the wheel and the hub cap.

~Vroomer

[Guest Anonymous]

My bet is a worn axle spline. If it is repace both spline parts male and female. A temporary repair is to use locrite thread repair on the splines.

[Paul7002]

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[SteveH]

If it sounds/feels like you have a midgit in the trunk, the castle nut is probably loose. I could also make a "rubbery" scraping noise.