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Technical Great.... a ticking noise!!

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So, whilst driving around today, my little Panda has developed a ticking noise from the back wheel on my side of the car (I don't know the correct terminology)!

It happens at different speeds. I've taken it to a garage, but surprise surprise, as with my old car, whenever it was checked by any mechanic, it never happens!!!!

Can anyone point me in the right direction. A bit worried as I'm driving to Leeds in a week and a half from London [emoji31]
 
Hi Goerge. Does the ticking get faster the quicker you go?If it does I would think something is catching. Try jacking the wheel up and spin it round.
 
Yes it does! And oh right, I'll try and do that! Could it be a wheel bearing or something like that?
 
Hahah oh great [emoji23] if it's the wheel bearing, is it dangerous to drive the car such a long distance?
 
george2596 said:
Hahah oh great [emoji23] if it's the wheel bearing, is it dangerous to drive the car such a long distance?
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If the cage is breaking up it could fail at anytime. Minutes, hours, weeks, months or years no way of telling. Anything like this should be look at straight away.
 
How well does your handbrake hold?
If you are able to jack the rear of the car so that both wheels are off the ground, does one wheel bind more firmly than the other, as you progressively apply the handbrake?

I would doubt that a rear wheel bearing is breaking up. When that happens, they usually go quickly. How many miles has the car done?

Personally, I would jack up each wheel in turn and closely examine each tyre. A ticking noise often results when a stone, a nail or some other object has lodged in the tread or even the sidewall (inner or outer).

That's the most obvious possibility, and the easiest to check before investigating further.
 
And the car has done 70,200 miles and is a 57 plate! My handbrake holds well
 
Sweetsixteen said:
I would doubt that a rear wheel bearing is breaking up.
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So would I. But if a wheel bearing is breaking up, then the car is dangerous to drive; if it locks solid it could cause a very nasty accident. I know of one case of this happening; the entire front wheel and stub axle departed the car, which then quickly spun round into a telegraph pole. In that instance, fortunately no one was hurt and no other vehicles were involved, but both car and telegraph pole were written off. Interestingly although the insurers paid market value for the car, they deducted the cost of a wheel bearing (parts only) from the settlement.

I'd agree with those saying the first thing to check is for a foreign object lodged in one of the tyres; it's the most likely cause, and simple to fix (unless it's punctured the tyre). Check also for lumps, bulges and areas of tread separating from the carcass, any of which could give rise to the same symptoms.
 
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jrkitching said:
So would I. But if a wheel bearing is breaking up, then the car is dangerous to drive; if it locks solid it could cause a very nasty accident. I know of one case of this happening; the entire front wheel and stub axle departed the car, which then quickly spun round into a telegraph pole. In that instance, fortunately no one was hurt and no other vehicles were involved, but both car and telegraph pole were written off. Interestingly although the insurers paid market value for the car, they deducted the cost of a wheel bearing (parts only) from the settlement.

I'd agree with those saying the first thing to check is for a foreign object lodged in one of the tyres; it's the most likely cause, and simple to fix (unless it's punctured the tyre). Check also for lumps, bulges and areas of tread separating from the carcass, any of which could give rise to the same symptoms.
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I had a rear one lock up. Only a few hundred yard from home. Reversing free it and drove back. Luckily I was only just pulling away at a few MPH.


Always worth checking these things out.
 
george2596 said:
Hahah, I don't have 2 jacks, let alone 1 /:
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Then you need to take the car to your local garage, who can easily carry out more checks than have so far been listed here.

Peace of mind will result if they locate and fix the fault. Otherwise you'll worry more with every mile you drive.
 
koalar said:
Fixes don't come any cheaper
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How about if the cause were a crumpled £50 note stuck to the tyre tread with chewing gum residue :D.

Sadly my tyres only seem to pick up stones and nails.

It's worth having a look at the tread surface whenever you get the chance. I've never spotted any £50 notes, but over the years I've managed to spot a few nails & get them out before they've ruined the tyre, which amounts to the same thing really.
 
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Glad you fixed it! Often, the cause of a panic is for the simplest reason.

In my Panda toolbox I keep a cheap puncture repair kit. Not the stick on patch type, but the plug type. The kit comes with a couple of tools for preparing the hole, putting in adhesive and inserting the plug.

It has proved its worth twice now. A thorn after the local hedge cutting session was the cause of one slow puncture, and I fixed it by the roadside without removing the wheel. The kit cost about £3. So simple to use - but beware of using it on sidewalls!
 
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