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crm318 · 11-30-2007, 04:50 PM

today i just put a brand new set of wagon wheels and 275/60/15 tire on my truck. i took it down the street and i started to hear and feel a knocking sound coming from the front passenger side wheel. when i applyied the brakes, it stopped and smoothed out but it would start again when i let off the brake. like i said, the wheels and tires are new. i also changed the wheel bearings a few weeks ago, but there was none of this going on. could the lugs be loose? what do yall think?

sick69 · 11-30-2007, 05:13 PM

The lugs would be my guess or a wheel bearing. Since you just replaced the bearings check the lugs first.

Frank

cdowns · 11-30-2007, 05:13 PM

if you think lugs are loose take lug wrench and tighten

jack up that wheel use jackstand and grab tha tire and twist and turn and see if something is hitting or loose// did you use a cotter pin when you did bearings, is there clearance between tierod and wheel ,is there clearance between control arms and wheel, is there clearance between tire and fender

crm318 · 11-30-2007, 05:37 PM

i used a cotter pin. i did remember trying to spin the rotor around with the wheel off. i was hard to turn in one spot and then it would spin around till it got to that on spot again. ill give it a look.

76bonanza · 11-30-2007, 05:45 PM

If you have disks could be the pad hitting a high spot on the rotor making it make a noise.

Ole Blue 68 · 12-01-2007, 10:52 AM

Is it knocking on turns or on straightaways too?

rlm316 · 12-01-2007, 11:34 AM

Why don't you jack the front of the truck up and spin the wheel? You should be able to find the noise like that. You didn't tell if it is drum or disc. Check the back spacing and the wheel run-out. Look for shiny spots also.

crm318 · 12-01-2007, 02:59 PM

well it was some loose lugs. i was distracted by a phone call and must had gone on to a diffrent wheel. i tightened the lugs, problem solved. thanks for the input.

70' GMC · 12-01-2007, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by crm318

well it was some loose lugs. i was distracted by a phone call and must had gone on to a diffrent wheel. i tightened the lugs, problem solved. thanks for the input.

If you over torque it you might have made it to tight so you might would want to get you a torquer that beeps we have one in autotech and we put the nut on with our fingers so it wont cross thread and then we use the air gun then we tighten with a torquer. hope theres some mechanics on here that can tell you cause its kinda hard to explain

brianthelion02 · 12-01-2007, 06:53 PM

DOHHH!!!!!!!!!Glad ya caught it!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by crm318

well it was some loose lugs. i was distracted by a phone call and must had gone on to a diffrent wheel. i tightened the lugs, problem solved. thanks for the input.

BCOWANWHEELS · 12-01-2007, 06:55 PM

time to pull everything back apart ASAP

11-30-2007, 04:50 PM	#1
crm318 Alright Alright Alright Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Midland, Texas Posts: 1,672	knocking coming from the front wheel today i just put a brand new set of wagon wheels and 275/60/15 tire on my truck. i took it down the street and i started to hear and feel a knocking sound coming from the front passenger side wheel. when i applyied the brakes, it stopped and smoothed out but it would start again when i let off the brake. like i said, the wheels and tires are new. i also changed the wheel bearings a few weeks ago, but there was none of this going on. could the lugs be loose? what do yall think? __________________ 1972 Cheyenne Chevrolet red and white 357ci, Vortec heads, GM Performance high rise intake, Comp 268H .454/.454 218/218 110 LSA Quadrajet carb, Flowtech headers, 2.25 40 series HEI, Curve kit, TH 350, 3.07 gears 275/60/15s on 15x8 rallies

11-30-2007, 05:13 PM	#2
sick69 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: colorado springs colorado Posts: 737	Re: knocking coming from the front wheel The lugs would be my guess or a wheel bearing. Since you just replaced the bearings check the lugs first. Frank __________________ 70 chevy lwb c10 454/th400 and a 9" rearend suicide doors, marker light fuel fill, 4" cowl , mini tub

11-30-2007, 05:13 PM	#3
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: knocking coming from the front wheel if you think lugs are loose take lug wrench and tighten jack up that wheel use jackstand and grab tha tire and twist and turn and see if something is hitting or loose// did you use a cotter pin when you did bearings, is there clearance between tierod and wheel ,is there clearance between control arms and wheel, is there clearance between tire and fender __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

11-30-2007, 05:37 PM	#4
crm318 Alright Alright Alright Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Midland, Texas Posts: 1,672	Re: knocking coming from the front wheel i used a cotter pin. i did remember trying to spin the rotor around with the wheel off. i was hard to turn in one spot and then it would spin around till it got to that on spot again. ill give it a look. __________________ 1972 Cheyenne Chevrolet red and white 357ci, Vortec heads, GM Performance high rise intake, Comp 268H .454/.454 218/218 110 LSA Quadrajet carb, Flowtech headers, 2.25 40 series HEI, Curve kit, TH 350, 3.07 gears 275/60/15s on 15x8 rallies

11-30-2007, 05:45 PM	#5
76bonanza Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: St robert Mo Posts: 2,001	Re: knocking coming from the front wheel If you have disks could be the pad hitting a high spot on the rotor making it make a noise. __________________ 1968 c10 lowered 3" 4" 355/Th400 built by Hatfield racing in joplin MO

12-01-2007, 10:52 AM	#6
Ole Blue 68 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Philly Posts: 1,140	Re: knocking coming from the front wheel Is it knocking on turns or on straightaways too?

12-01-2007, 11:34 AM	#7
rlm316 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Woodstown, NJ Posts: 669	Re: knocking coming from the front wheel Why don't you jack the front of the truck up and spin the wheel? You should be able to find the noise like that. You didn't tell if it is drum or disc. Check the back spacing and the wheel run-out. Look for shiny spots also.

12-01-2007, 02:59 PM	#8
crm318 Alright Alright Alright Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Midland, Texas Posts: 1,672	Re: knocking coming from the front wheel well it was some loose lugs. i was distracted by a phone call and must had gone on to a diffrent wheel. i tightened the lugs, problem solved. thanks for the input. __________________ 1972 Cheyenne Chevrolet red and white 357ci, Vortec heads, GM Performance high rise intake, Comp 268H .454/.454 218/218 110 LSA Quadrajet carb, Flowtech headers, 2.25 40 series HEI, Curve kit, TH 350, 3.07 gears 275/60/15s on 15x8 rallies

12-01-2007, 06:55 PM	#11
BCOWANWHEELS Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: KINGSPORT,TN. Posts: 3,035	Re: knocking coming from the front wheel time to pull everything back apart ASAP __________________ I BELIEVE IN JOHN 3:16



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