Yeah wheels bolts are fine ? The strange thing is, when the car is jacked up, no noise can be heard ? And there is no signs of scrapping on the inside of the wheel either ?
WTF. Could it be something to do with the way the BBS has been reassembled, assuming it's an RM / RS that has been refurbished?
what about one of the split rim bolts hitting try swaping the wheel over to the other side just to see if it stops
You'd hear that spinning the wheel when jacked up tho Mat. Richard says it can't be heard when the wheel isn't on the ground.
Okay, really stupid question time. Have you checked the tyre for stones/foreign objects lodged in the tread?
Yeah it's an RM trev. I bought the wheels as they are, and I've only fitted new tyres to them. It's very strange ? It's does sound like the clicking is coming from the centre of the wheel. Every full turn of the wheel it starts to click. Yeah I should of done this yesterday! I'll try the passenger Side RM and see if it makes a noise. If it does then it's definitely catching something. I wouldn't of thought so Mat. I'll repost the video in a min. It's very loud and sounds to me like it's coming from outside of the wheel. That's the strange thing. I put the front on axle stands and let the car run in first. There was no noise at all! Maybe the angle of the wishbone when its on the ground is making something catch ? The coilovers are lowered to about 70mm on the front. Might be an idea to higher them up a little and see if this prevents the noise. Nothing in the tyres Lew. It's definitely coming from the centre of the wheel. Cheers for all the replys everyone, much appreciated Hopefully I can get to the bottom of this very annoying problem. Here is a repost of the vid http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums...AAA2126-3054-00000197D3E27A7B_zps3b991094.mp4
020 and 02a shafts same lengths, as found in the driveshafts thread: http://www.clubgti.com/showthread.p...-(bare-driveshaft-lengths)-**-wanted-**/page6 difference is the G60 shaft has an 'absorber weight' added
check dansters post on page 4: http://www.clubgti.com/showthread.p...-(bare-driveshaft-lengths)-**-wanted-**/page4 "02A (100mm output fanges) is the same as 020 with 100mm flanges. ie 250mm" if the diff position relative to the bearing carriers was moved, then BOTH shafts would have to be different, surely? oh and found more info on page 8 from danster: http://www.clubgti.com/showthread.p...-(bare-driveshaft-lengths)-**-wanted-**/page8 "This different part number may be down to the fact that all 4 stud Raddos I have come across (3 of them, both early and late) use a solid shaft on the OS rather than a tubular one."
All the Corrado 16Vs we've owned had the weight on the shafts, so agree that alone is something to justify a different part number.
So the part number difference is for the solid shaft and damper not the length Gvk problem with the inner CV hitting will be the Passat wide track if that's what he's using and not the diff centre
it seems so from what evidence we have, but after a good look no-one has actually measured the length of a G60 shaft as of yet that I can see!
Right then another update. Just swapped the front RM's over, and hey presto the noise has stopped. Bearing in mind the weights are in exactly the same place on the inner part of the rim. Wft is going on ? BBS RM's aren't side specific are they ? I'm thinking of having the tyres swapped around. This has got me really stumped!!
I asked if you had swapped the wheels earlier in the thread and you said you had already done it. Ah well at least you have now found the problem. The wheels aren't side specific. The tyre might be but obviously shouldn't be causing clicking.
Have you got a tool to check the split-rim bolts? Wonder if some of them are not quite tight and causing the rim to creak. (I would expect it to lose air if it was THAT loose tho?)
