Ticking Noise
Professional
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Bayfield, CO
RE: Ticking Noise
ORIGINAL: VWandDodge
Nope. They use a machine that spins them up at a respectable RPM.
ORIGINAL: RamOwna
a shop tire is manually spun on a machine by hand which i don't think it is humanly possible to rotate a tire on a machine by hand and create as much force as a free spinning tire would on a truck
a shop tire is manually spun on a machine by hand which i don't think it is humanly possible to rotate a tire on a machine by hand and create as much force as a free spinning tire would on a truck
Nope. They use a machine that spins them up at a respectable RPM.
Record Breaker
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: Warren, NJ
RE: Ticking Noise
Yes, I know ... don't see what difference it makes ... tires are turning the same RPMs whether they're on the ground or in the air. Ever see how tall dragster tires get when they do their burnouts? Think of the forces at work on THOSE carcasses.
Legend
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 8,663
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From: Central Oklahoma
RE: Ticking Noise
ORIGINAL: timwag2001
nevermind, im a dick.
i just found a site that said their balancers go to 55 mph and shut off.
cant understand why ive been told this and why these sites say it.
you win i lose.
but you wont find me under the tire while its spinning like that.
nevermind, im a dick.
i just found a site that said their balancers go to 55 mph and shut off.
cant understand why ive been told this and why these sites say it.
you win i lose.
but you wont find me under the tire while its spinning like that.
As for what these sites say on the Internet, there is a well-known joke over on www.thesamba.com "It's on the Internet, it must be true.
Don't sweat it. You'll learn to discern the BS as you get older. I'm 37 and have seen a lot of it in my day. Not as much as my 84-year old father, but I've seen my fair share.
All Star
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 775
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From: MA
RE: Ticking Noise
sorry but my auto teacher told me that 10 years ago. i just searched the net to bak myself up. didnt find it there and think it was true. but i admit defeat. i dont buy it but i'll give up.
ive beaten this topic to death.
i admit defeat.
ive beaten this topic to death.
i admit defeat.
Legend
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 8,663
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From: Central Oklahoma
RE: Ticking Noise
ORIGINAL: timwag2001
sorry but my auto teacher told me that 10 years ago. i just searched the net to bak myself up. didnt find it there and think it was true. but i admit defeat. i dont buy it but i'll give up.
ive beaten this topic to death.
i admit defeat.
sorry but my auto teacher told me that 10 years ago. i just searched the net to bak myself up. didnt find it there and think it was true. but i admit defeat. i dont buy it but i'll give up.
ive beaten this topic to death.
i admit defeat.
Don't get me started about teachers
Rookie
Joined: May 2006
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RE: Ticking Noise
I had the same noise i changed fron u joints first to no avail then had the rear/middle ones changed and my clicking stopped, at first thought it was bad brakes. Are you getting the noise when braking also? I got it on acceleration and braking
Joined: Dec 2006
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RE: Ticking Noise
CiscoKid,
Did you figure your problem out yet. I believe I am having the same problem (or at least at this point they are simliar). I don't hear a thing but if I take it 40 and over the ticking really jumps out and while the road noise generally masks it if there is something for it to echo off of (car next to me, bridge side, etc.) it sounds very load. The noise occurs whether in idle, 4-wheel, 2-wheel but the minute I go below 40 mph the sound essentially disappears completely. I can't tell you the number of times I have found a bridge or wall to drive next to to test various situations. There is no check engine light, there is no loss of power, no shudder or steering column shake, etc. at all. I have taken to 2 different Dodge dealerships and they can't tell me what's up. It sounds like a clock ticking or almost like a click sound associated with a card in bicycle spokes. I am going to find another mechanic but at this point I have heard everything from broken belt, lifters, etc. and before I chase any one down the road I thought I might find a good mechanic and see what his thoughts are. The fact that I can start it up and not hear it, rev it up to a high rpm and not hear it but the minute I drive over 40 it shows up (loudly and out of the blue) confuses me as to which exact road to take.
Thanks
Did you figure your problem out yet. I believe I am having the same problem (or at least at this point they are simliar). I don't hear a thing but if I take it 40 and over the ticking really jumps out and while the road noise generally masks it if there is something for it to echo off of (car next to me, bridge side, etc.) it sounds very load. The noise occurs whether in idle, 4-wheel, 2-wheel but the minute I go below 40 mph the sound essentially disappears completely. I can't tell you the number of times I have found a bridge or wall to drive next to to test various situations. There is no check engine light, there is no loss of power, no shudder or steering column shake, etc. at all. I have taken to 2 different Dodge dealerships and they can't tell me what's up. It sounds like a clock ticking or almost like a click sound associated with a card in bicycle spokes. I am going to find another mechanic but at this point I have heard everything from broken belt, lifters, etc. and before I chase any one down the road I thought I might find a good mechanic and see what his thoughts are. The fact that I can start it up and not hear it, rev it up to a high rpm and not hear it but the minute I drive over 40 it shows up (loudly and out of the blue) confuses me as to which exact road to take.
Thanks
