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aquase · 11-06-2007, 08:20 PM

K so my toyota, has a clicking sound all of a sudden on the drivers side. I replace the cv shaft, and the noise is still there. and now after i do the cv shaft. i have a shimmy in the steering wheel, and the steering wheel is harder to turn...the clicking noise is rotational and does not matter whether i turn or not. its just there. and just on the drivers side.

any thoughts???

fredk · 11-06-2007, 09:29 PM

sounds like wheel bearing time, see if its loose

aquase · 11-06-2007, 10:06 PM

the bearing seems fine to me...

fredk · 11-07-2007, 10:04 AM

get it off the ground, grab it at top and bottom and check for play

TBayToyotaBoy · 11-07-2007, 02:21 PM

Is the car pulling slightly to the left? That would be a definitive sign that the bearing's gone.

marc780 · 11-07-2007, 04:10 PM

Here are some other ideas on what the noise could be: brake pads loose in caliper. (Perhaps swap pads and steel slider parts fro one side to the other and see if the noise changes).
-got wheel covers? remove em and drive the car.
-check the tire for object stuck in it.
-also spin the tire and look closely at the tread, maybe the tread has seperated inside and has a bulge.
-Swap wheels from another spot on the car, perhaps the wheel is bent.
-Also its conceivable that a rotor that is very worn could make a clicking sound.