Good to be back

[snk1994]

It's been awhile since I have posted or even got on the web site. Good to read all the posts and get up to date. Lets see while I was gone I.....worked hard, cleaned out my garage, did some yard work, got divorced....you know the regular things. She tried to take the Vette....wasn't having it. It's still sitting in the garage.

Had an interesting problem the other day. Tokk the car out for the annual "ITS SPRING!" drive. Had a weird scraping/clicking sound while driving. didnt happen in reverse. got faster when I went faster and slower when I went slower. Louder when I turned right and quieter wen I turned left. no change when I steped on te brakes. tore the wheels off 3 times looking for something. Nothing at all. Calipers good. brake lines not rubbing. nothing. Then finally took it down to the local tire store. They pointed out the problem right away. The stick on weights were slapping the calipers. there is only about 3/8" clearence from the calipers to the wheel and the zinc weights were smacking the caliper. tore those off and put the standard clip on weights and everything was fine. Love those easy fixes but not being able to find the problem right off was driving me nuts.

Well the good news is alot more cruises and car shows this summer. No more cancelations due to excessive whining!

BTW the new girl friend doesnt mind when her hair gets messed up when the T-tops are off. Life is good!

 

[Nut]

snk....... glad that's all it was. I too was trying to find a "tinkling" sound for weeks and this afternoon I tracked it down to a bunch of loose long neck sockets in my tool bag. Talk about feel like an idiot. I almost went out and bought all new U-joints for the drive shaft. I was convinced that was the problem.

........ nut

 

[snk1994]

snk....... glad that's all it was. I too was trying to find a "tinkling" sound for weeks and this afternoon I tracked it down to a bunch of loose long neck sockets in my tool bag. Talk about feel like an idiot. I almost went out and bought all new U-joints for the drive shaft. I was convinced that was the problem.

........ nut

Oh wow...you know though when you hear something like that your mechanicly inclined mind starts turning and your thiking of everything that could be wrong..U-Joints, rear end, caliper problems.....then you find the sockets. Should have been the first place you look but never is. Thats how I felt the other day. Glad you found it and it was an easy "Fix"

 

[KANE]

snk....... glad that's all it was. I too was trying to find a "tinkling" sound for weeks and this afternoon I tracked it down to a bunch of loose long neck sockets in my tool bag. Talk about feel like an idiot. I almost went out and bought all new U-joints for the drive shaft. I was convinced that was the problem.

........ nut

:L

Yeah, noise paranoia will do that! I have taken wheels off - convinced that I was looking for a dragging caliper- only to find a twig jammed in spring rubbing against the tire!

 

[Nut]

:L

Yeah, noise paranoia will do that! I have taken wheels off - convinced that I was looking for a dragging caliper- only to find a twig jammed in spring rubbing against the tire!

It drove me nuts (excuse the expression); drove the wife nuts thinking something was going to come flying off at 75mph and I'll admit that thought crossed my mind a couple times too. :L Drove it about 100 miles this past weekend w/o a peep so I'm convinced that was it.

....... nut