by "SteveLehto" (stevelehto)
Published 03/09/2017 at 10:03
by "SteveLehto" (stevelehto)
Published 03/09/2017 at 10:03
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STARS: 12
Out riding my bike yesterday in the wind and someone asked me if I could listen for an “odd” noise coming from the rear of the vehicle.
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Hmmmm. I bet you can hear it too.
It’s short but I couldn’t talk him into driving it around the block for me so I could shoot a longer video.
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
03/09/2017 at 10:08, STARS: 5
Were they like “Yo, Lemon Law Guy! Can I return this defective 20-year-old minivan? The clutch pedal is stuck!” #lehtofacepalm
"jimz" (jimz)
03/09/2017 at 10:08, STARS: 4
bet one or both of the return springs broke inside the brake drum, and the shoes are binding everything up.
"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
03/09/2017 at 10:08, STARS: 1
Oh dear
"CB" (jrcb)
03/09/2017 at 10:08, STARS: 1
I’m no mechanic, but I think there’s something wrong with it.
"SteveLehto" (stevelehto)
03/09/2017 at 10:12, STARS: 3
Interestingly, the guy had no idea what I do for a living.
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
03/09/2017 at 10:14, STARS: 4
In my head, I always imagine you as a local celebrity :D
"SteveLehto" (stevelehto)
03/09/2017 at 10:16, STARS: 3
I tell most people I meet that I am a writer. They think that’s neater than being an attorney, I’m sure.
"deekster_caddy" (deekster_caddy)
03/09/2017 at 10:16, STARS: 1
Looks like that tire is low on air. That must be it!
"Amoore100" (amoore100)
03/09/2017 at 10:18, STARS: 2
Besides the obvious elephant in the room, I have often noticed that this generation of Mopar vans tend to make an assortment of random noises when they’re idling at the school pick-up yard, ticking and wheezing and groaning—all noises that our Odyssey doesn’t make (its VTEC yo sounds pretty good at 5000 rpm though). Just 2000's Chrysler parts? Or bad owners?
"EL_ULY" (uly)
03/09/2017 at 10:21, STARS: 1
ah, the ol’ stick in the spoke gag
"benjrblant" (benjblant)
03/09/2017 at 10:21, STARS: 0
Yes, rear tire is not spinning. Please stop driving it before someone drags a hole through the tire.
"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt)
03/09/2017 at 10:26, STARS: 1
LOL that’s a new one!! Recently, I was asked to look at a colleague’s brakes because they were “making a funny sound.” The pads were bare metal and it screeched like a school bus.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
03/09/2017 at 10:27, STARS: 1
This happened to my car a couple of weeks ago because Napa sold me the wrong brake rotors. I eventually figured it out after dragging my rear tires around the garage.
"Future next gen S2000 owner" (future-next-gen-s2000-owner)
03/09/2017 at 10:36, STARS: 1
Almost sounds like a really nice burnout. Totally normal.
"jimz" (jimz)
03/09/2017 at 10:38, STARS: 3
that’s wise, nobody gets asked to work “off the clock” more than mechanics, police officers, and attorneys.
"jimz" (jimz)
03/09/2017 at 10:39, STARS: 2
the ticking- assuming you’re referring to that “errrrrkk” as you come to a stop- is the ratcheting solenoid packs in the transaxle; all Ultradrive-architecture transmissions do that by design.
the groaning is the accessory belt tensioner.
"Amoore100" (amoore100)
03/09/2017 at 10:52, STARS: 0
Makes sense. Noisy beasts, those vans.
"jimz" (jimz)
03/09/2017 at 10:56, STARS: 1
note that I’m not saying the tensioner should be making that sound, it’s just that they eventually all do that.
"Amoore100" (amoore100)
03/09/2017 at 11:07, STARS: 0
They all probably do at this point. Throwaway cars, those Cloud Cars, LH Bodies, and their related minivans.
"Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
03/09/2017 at 11:07, STARS: 3
That’s a good thing. Did you ever tell him that his wheel was locked up on that corner or did you just let it slide?
"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
03/09/2017 at 11:50, STARS: 0
“So did you hear the noise?”
Steve: “yeah, I dunno what that is, you should probably get it looked at though.”
That’s bad, I don’t think I’ve ever even heard of a failure like that. I guess either the caliper locked up or the wheel bearing.
"SteveLehto" (stevelehto)
03/09/2017 at 12:56, STARS: 0
I had the same thing happen to one of my vehicles a while back. A caliper got stuck closed on a disk. Shrieked like the devil.
Somehow he got it rolling a little later in the day. Not sure what it turned out to be.