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78' Silverado · 04-03-2003, 12:29 AM

Ok well its turns just fine and Dandy, But, when i do it theres these weird clicking noises when i turn it. I have NO clue wat it might be. All i kno is i can hear it and its getting on my nerves and i am hoping its not that big a problem. So any help wat so ever would be jsut great guys. Thx alot.

Tyler

PHOENIX · 04-03-2003, 12:56 AM

OK I have a few questions for you:
Are all your lug nuts tight?
Does it do it all the time or only somtimes?
Does it make the sound more at slower speeds?
Does it depend on how tight of a turn you are making?
Where does the clicking sound come from (or sound like its coming from?

78' Silverado · 04-03-2003, 01:00 AM

1. Don't kno, which lugs nuts lol
2. All the time
3. Yeah
4. No not really it will do it reguardless the turn being a sharp turn or a long circle turn.
5. I think it sounds like its right under me, sometimes i think it might be in the engine bay, but usually i think its under me.

Does that help any....GOD i hope it does lol.

Tyler

MSL · 04-03-2003, 02:20 AM

Do you feel and shacking or vibration.?

78' Silverado · 04-03-2003, 06:18 PM

neither, its more of a clicking noise, anyone know wat it might be?

79BIG10 · 04-03-2003, 07:39 PM

Can you turn your tires while stopped and see if it clicks. This may help us narrow down the culprit. Also what about when you're braking but not turning?

LOHRTBT · 04-03-2003, 07:48 PM

have you checked your U-joints.

78' Silverado · 04-03-2003, 09:29 PM

Braking is fine, and wats a U-Joint haha!!

PHOENIX · 04-04-2003, 01:06 PM

Man this sucks!
I have had similar sounds come and go and I do not know what they are. How is your front braking system? Is everything tight and in place? How are your front bearings, are they greased, have you replaced them recently? When you look under your truck does anything look like it may have shifted and rubbed on something? If you jack up the front of your truck and turn the wheel and spin it does it make the sound, does the truck have to be on the ground for the sound to happen?
Like Brandon said can you turns the wheels sitting still and make the sound?
First ? I should have asked, is it 4x4?

CHaingKaiShek · 04-04-2003, 01:19 PM

I had a strange clicking sound once or twice with my truck. One of them I would only notice while the windows were down, and around corners mainly - it was the wheel berings.

The second I noticed with a bit of a shudder while driving - it was the U-joints.

Jeff

Blue Beard · 04-04-2003, 04:42 PM

Had that once, turned out to be the wheel weight.............

04-03-2003, 12:29 AM	#1
78' Silverado \/ My Loves \/ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Midland,Texas Posts: 462	Steering Problem! Ok well its turns just fine and Dandy, But, when i do it theres these weird clicking noises when i turn it. I have NO clue wat it might be. All i kno is i can hear it and its getting on my nerves and i am hoping its not that big a problem. So any help wat so ever would be jsut great guys. Thx alot. Tyler __________________ 78' Silverado - Blue - (In a Coma) 04' Silverado -Red- 383 Stroker in progress for the 78'!!!

04-03-2003, 12:56 AM	#2
PHOENIX Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 4,703	OK I have a few questions for you: Are all your lug nuts tight? Does it do it all the time or only somtimes? Does it make the sound more at slower speeds? Does it depend on how tight of a turn you are making? Where does the clicking sound come from (or sound like its coming from? __________________ * AVOID: LOPER'S PERMORANCE / LOPERSPEED.COM OF PHOENIX, AZ & COTTMAN TRANSMISSION *

04-03-2003, 01:00 AM	#3
78' Silverado \/ My Loves \/ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Midland,Texas Posts: 462	1. Don't kno, which lugs nuts lol 2. All the time 3. Yeah 4. No not really it will do it reguardless the turn being a sharp turn or a long circle turn. 5. I think it sounds like its right under me, sometimes i think it might be in the engine bay, but usually i think its under me. Does that help any....GOD i hope it does lol. Tyler __________________ 78' Silverado - Blue - (In a Coma) 04' Silverado -Red- 383 Stroker in progress for the 78'!!!

04-03-2003, 06:18 PM	#5
78' Silverado \/ My Loves \/ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Midland,Texas Posts: 462	neither, its more of a clicking noise, anyone know wat it might be? __________________ 78' Silverado - Blue - (In a Coma) 04' Silverado -Red- 383 Stroker in progress for the 78'!!!

04-03-2003, 07:39 PM	#6
79BIG10 I'm back with 2nd truck! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 3,774	Can you turn your tires while stopped and see if it clicks. This may help us narrow down the culprit. Also what about when you're braking but not turning? __________________ 1979 Chevrolet Bonanza Big10 "Tootsie Roll" 1985 Chevrolet Silverado (wife's) Member of the Southern Bowties Club "Don't underestimate how sexy a fat man who drinks to excess can be." Homer Simpson

04-03-2003, 02:20 AM	#4
MSL Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: So.Oregon Posts: 765	Do you feel and shacking or vibration.?

04-03-2003, 07:48 PM	#7
LOHRTBT BeWarE tHe eViL CrAnkTOe! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Yukon, OK Posts: 3,605	have you checked your U-joints. __________________ ~Dave~ You can call me Mike, Mike Oxlong - 1986 Chevy SWB - Stock for now - *1986 Chevy Custom SWB* *Stolen 6/26/05* - 1985 Chevy SWB SOLD - 1999 T/A Some mods www.cardomain.com/id/ramairdave AIM Screenname - Jester84

04-03-2003, 09:29 PM	#8
78' Silverado \/ My Loves \/ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Midland,Texas Posts: 462	Braking is fine, and wats a U-Joint haha!! __________________ 78' Silverado - Blue - (In a Coma) 04' Silverado -Red- 383 Stroker in progress for the 78'!!!

04-04-2003, 01:06 PM	#9
PHOENIX Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 4,703	Man this sucks! I have had similar sounds come and go and I do not know what they are. How is your front braking system? Is everything tight and in place? How are your front bearings, are they greased, have you replaced them recently? When you look under your truck does anything look like it may have shifted and rubbed on something? If you jack up the front of your truck and turn the wheel and spin it does it make the sound, does the truck have to be on the ground for the sound to happen? Like Brandon said can you turns the wheels sitting still and make the sound? First ? I should have asked, is it 4x4? __________________ * AVOID: LOPER'S PERMORANCE / LOPERSPEED.COM OF PHOENIX, AZ & COTTMAN TRANSMISSION *

04-04-2003, 01:19 PM	#10
CHaingKaiShek I love goooooold! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In the middle of Hell, Arizona Posts: 133	I had a strange clicking sound once or twice with my truck. One of them I would only notice while the windows were down, and around corners mainly - it was the wheel berings. The second I noticed with a bit of a shudder while driving - it was the U-joints. Jeff __________________ "Musha ring dum a doo dum a da Whack for my daddy-o Whack for my daddy-o There's whiskey in the jar-o."

04-04-2003, 04:42 PM	#11
Blue Beard Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Washington State Posts: 8,831	Had that once, turned out to be the wheel weight............. __________________ 1970 Chev CST 2003 Harley Fatboy 1975 Chevrolet Step Van 1956 Chev Bel Air 1977 Blazer 2WD For Sale $3000.00 1978 Blazer 2WD For Sale $7000.00 1978 Silverado 2005 Monte Carlo



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