Excellent post woodwork! That is exactly what needs to be done.

Thanks for your continued monitoring of our board!

 

I believe the "clicking" and "vibrating" issues mentioned in this thread are entirely different problems.

In regard to the vibrating, my car does this a little bit, although not nearly as much as it used to. It drove me crazy for the longest time while I replaced damn near everything trying to make it go away. The only thing that seems to make it better is just time. When I dyno'ed at R&D last month, I believe Darren said he's dyno'ed four S2000's now. He told me EVERY SINGLE ONE of them has the exact same vibration on the dyno.

 

Wow - Thanks so much...I will be bring my car to the dealer with your post in-hand.

Very much appreciated!

 

I'm getting this click on my MY02, which recently rolled over 50,000 miles. The clicking started about 5000 miles ago or so. My scenario sounds exactly like deadpedal described his, but I can't say for sure it's coming from the driver side rear. It definitely is coming from the rear or middle of the car.

Does anyone know if this tightening of the axle nuts is still an issue with MY02s, or is that potentially something different?

Also, I've been running LE607 fluid in my diff for a few years now, and I can't say for certain whether that's a potential problem or not, as per landru's post. I know I'm due for a fluid change, and I know the 607 is not exactly the stock fluid -- however, I took road rage's recommendation.

Is there any way to tell for sure whether it's diff vs. axle nuts?

 

Wow, a five year old thread brought back to life.

Sounds like the axle nuts. Common problem, you need to regrease the spline shafts and torque the axle nuts to 250 ft-lb.

 

i had my axle nut replaced and torqued to spec by a dealership and it completely fixed my clicking problem... that was on my MY02 btw....


i just showed them this:

 

I replaced the rear hub and HOLY COW no more clicking on that side at all. I really think it's the fact of the splines and the hub that they go into create space and click. The grease just helps get rid of the sound.

 

Mic, what is that sheet you copied off?

Thanks, guys. What happens if I don't fix this clicking? Does it get worse? Will something break? Just curious. I'll have to have someone do this work for me as I don't have the tools or know-how to pull the hub off my axle. I think a trip to New Hampshire is in my future.

 

duno, i think its a service bulletin or something... i got it off here a while ago.