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Old May 13, 2004 | 04:44 AM
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When I turn right I get a clicking noise from the drivers rear tire. Sometmes, i get the click going strait. checked the lugs they are fine. Took the car to a dealership, they inspected the suspension, and brakes, found nothing wrong. Told me to call them back as the were going to call Honda, I'm at a loss.

but the clicking remains. sounds like a card in the spokes. Car has 7,450 miles on it.
Any ideas?!
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Old May 13, 2004 | 05:40 AM
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there is a TSB for rear axle pop. they take off the spindle nuts and regrease the CV axle splines and put the spindle nut back on tighter
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Old May 13, 2004 | 05:54 AM
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Ihad the clicking, but it was only once everytime I started to move. Regreased the splines and tightened the axle nut.

There is a TSB for the nut...Helms says 181 ft/lbs, but the bulletin suggests 220 ft/lbs.
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Old May 13, 2004 | 07:04 AM
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Thanks fellas!

so that's it, regrease the CV axle splines. What a relief!
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Old May 13, 2004 | 07:55 AM
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Thanks for the info! I have the same problem.
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Old May 13, 2004 | 06:15 PM
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Mine does this too . I may take it in to get looked at soon.
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Old May 14, 2004 | 06:05 AM
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Re-greasing and tightening the spindle nut does stop the symptom, but it does nothing to correct the underlying problem.

This issue is that your wheel bearing is going bad.

Tightening the spindle nut clamps down on the bearing which holds things together for a while more, but it'll still fail eventually. In fact, it's quite possible that the bearing has already scored the wheel hub. (I had to replace both.) In my case, simply tightening the spindle nut fatigued the wheel hub and eventually caused it to break.
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Old May 14, 2004 | 06:48 AM
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Mine is at Honda right now getting it looked at.
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Old May 14, 2004 | 08:37 AM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Elistan
Re-greasing and tightening the spindle nut does stop the symptom, but it does nothing to correct the underlying problem.

This issue is that your wheel bearing is going bad.

Tightening the spindle nut clamps down on the bearing which holds things together for a while more, but it'll still fail eventually.
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Old May 14, 2004 | 08:51 AM
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Yeah, I don't agree with Elistan's assessment, either. It may have been an issue in his particular case, but for several of us the nut had just backed out.
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