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- From: c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Spiros Triantafyllopoulos)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Funny sounds from 1985 Civic's front end
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.141251.10790@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 14:12:51 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.153512.2188@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com> <1992Nov18.053703.16574@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com>
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- In article <1992Nov18.053703.16574@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com> LJ09735@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM (Jeff Schaefer) writes:
- >> The first is a wailing sound when I back up the car. Does not make any
- >> difference whether I back up straight, or curve, hot/cold. It stops
- >> after 20-30 feet. It's quite embarassing :-)
- >>
- >> The second is a sloght grinding, metal on metal noise coming off the
- >> front end that goes away when I hit the brakes. It is not like I am
- >> grinding stones or anything, it is not loud. It occurs at varying speeds,
- >> usually between 35-60 mph.
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- >Chances are good that one or more CV joints are dying. I had similar sounds
- >emminating from the front of my 1980 Honda and replacing the joints cured it.
- >Another way to check is to find an empty parking lot, stop the car, turn the
- >wheels all the way to the left and then slowly start moving. If you hear a
- >muted grinding/clicking sound then the outside right joint is gone. Repeat the
- >procedure to the right to find out the condition of the left joint. It is
- >much more straight forward to replace the whole driveshaft instead of replacing
- >individual joints, though. Especially since your car has so many miles on it!
- >Hope this helps!!
-
- It does not.... No clicking at all, no wailing if driven forward; Wailing
- if driven in reverse, either straight or turning, quite loud.
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- The hissing noice is there while driving *only*. Well, I'll take it in
- and see what the repair bill will be. The hissing sound may be just
- the struts because it only happens consistently on crappy roads; on
- freshly repaved roads it barely occurs.
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- Thanks for the suggestion... I'll keep you posted!
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- Spiros
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