Help! Thumping noise from the front end
03-06-2005, 12:05 PM
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Help! Thumping noise from the front end Between 25- 60 mph there is a thumping noise coming from the front end, but when you turn to the right, it goes away, and as soon as you go straigt it comes back! I put stock wheels & tires on, didn't change, rotated and balanced the w & t, still there, replaced right side hub, which was bad, but didn't solve the noise, and now today I replaced the rotors and pads and that didn't do it, now I am out of $$, and ideas, anybody had the problem ?? Any ideas??
03-07-2005, 10:11 AM
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something up under there has gotten loose - check all caliper, knuckle and other mounting bolts/nuts ..... i went 80mph on two loose caliper bolts without knowing it (definitely NOT GOOD AT ALL - and it wasn't even my fault that they were loose!)
03-07-2005, 09:36 PM
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I've searched for loose bolts, or just anything loose, I just replaced the rotors and pads and double checked all those bolts!! Thanks for your reply! anybody else??
03-08-2005, 10:57 AM
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I have the same thing happening on my 98. Have you noticed that the rate of the thumping is slower than the rate of rotation of the wheels? Mine seems to thump about twice a second and doesn't really change within that range of speeds mentioned. I was thinking that it might be ABS related?
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Any luck? I am having a similar problem after I swapped brake pads, it sounds like the caliper is loose but mines not. Its a chatter, popping clicking noise at slow braking speeds.
