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Ok about 6 weeks ago my car starting making this really weird LOUD clicking/ticking/grinding noise at the rear. The clicking speeds up as I accelerate; ALSO... the noise seems to sort of change when i gently pull the handbrake up as i'm driving.

THEN, after a couple of weeks, the noise just went away. Sometimes a really really faint ticking could be heard but that was about it.

Then, all of a sudden, it came back dammit. I thought it might be pads; got those changed, the discs were fine as well.

Apart from the fact that it is REALLY annoying, the car seems to turn, accelerate, stop fine.

What is it?

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hah, that sounds like evil_weevils problem....

Still hasn't solved it!! Be interested to see if you find the culprit!!

Oh don't tell me its one of THOSE =( I HATE those problems. I'd prefer my turbo just blew or something... then at least i'd know what it was...

evil_weevil Grand Master

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Diff?

Driveshafts?

Im getting a 1way asap (fanks Spanna :P p.s. yours comes with driveshaft stuff yeag??) so hopefully that fixes it haha

But yeah...its louder for me when I have semi's on....

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Diff?

Driveshafts?

Im getting a 1way asap (fanks Spanna :D p.s. yours comes with driveshaft stuff yeag??) so hopefully that fixes it haha

But yeah...its louder for me when I have semi's on....

Ok wtf.... i was driving home from work just before and the noise was there, just as loud as ever pissing me right off.

Then as i'm driving along normally I hear a *SNAP* from the rear... noise is gone.

At the top of my street, I turned my car off and let it roll to my house... can hear a really really really faint ticking noise from the handbrake. It MUST be a handbrake related issue. Can't be the diff... diff still seems to lock up fine, and the noise doesn't change when cornering. Maybe driveshaft/axle problem... BUT WHY DOES IT GO AWAY AND COME BACK!!!! LEAVE ME ALONE DAMMIT :)

My car is possessed.

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I had this problem,

in my case it was the handbrake cable coming out of its holder and hitting the driveshaft

Because the driveshaft is spinning thats whats causing the rapid metallic clicking sounds - the handbrake cable is metal too.

Look under your car towards the rear to check if your handbrake cable is hanging loosely very close to the driveshaft

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I had this problem,

in my case it was the handbrake cable coming out of its holder and hitting the driveshaft

Because the driveshaft is spinning thats whats causing the rapid metallic clicking sounds - the handbrake cable is metal too.

Look under your car towards the rear to check if your handbrake cable is hanging loosely very close to the driveshaft

sorry for resurecting, but yes, you're absolutely right. Being the lazy guy that I am, only got around to it yesterday. It had actually ripped a fair bit of the rubber casing off the driveshaft =(

anyway, problem solved :O

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I had this problem,

in my case it was the handbrake cable coming out of its holder and hitting the driveshaft

Because the driveshaft is spinning thats whats causing the rapid metallic clicking sounds - the handbrake cable is metal too.

Look under your car towards the rear to check if your handbrake cable is hanging loosely very close to the driveshaft

Bingo! I had a custom made shaft made up with an oversized yolk and uni joint and it sounded like a playing card on a pushbike spoke. It drove me nuts trying to find it until I pulled the tailshaft and i could actually see it.

The cable is held on by a fold over tab to the back of the tunnel and the larger uni joint grabbed it under acceleration.

The cure was easy peasy. just put the cable on the other side of the tab and fold it away from the uni rather than towards it.

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last time i had that problem, i had a rock stuck inbetween the tread on my rear tyre lol, stopped the car it took the rock out = good as new! lol or maybe its a nail :/ feel around your tyre, it may be something that basic..

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