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Old 10-30-2009, 11:17 AM
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I have a 96 TA and I have recently noticed that I there is a clicking coming from the passenger front wheel. It makes the sound at all times even when depressing the brakes which makes me think that it is the hub. The sound speeds up and slows down with the car. Two questions:

A) Is my assumption of the wheel hub being the culprit correct?

B) If this is the case, is there any way to rebuild the hub or is it only a full replacement part?
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A) Probably. If its an original part, you're lucky to have gotten this far with it. You can also take the brake/rotor off and spin by hand. If its bad, you will hear/feel the clicking to confirm.

B) Not sure on a '96, but I'm pretty sure its a sealed hub. Real easy to switch out - just need to make sure the bolts are torqued to spec on the new hub.
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So I figured out the problem and it was worse than I thought. The hub is just fine but my wheel on the other hand.......









Turns out it was a crack in the wheel expanding and contracting under compression. Luckily I was only going 20 mph when this happened.




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