Does This Sound Odd To You?

"SteveLehto" (stevelehto)
03/09/2017 at 10:03 • Filed to: None

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.

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.

DISCUSSION (22)

Ash78, voting early and often > SteveLehto
03/09/2017 at 10:08

Were they like “Yo, Lemon Law Guy! Can I return this defective 20-year-old minivan? The clutch pedal is stuck!” #lehtofacepalm

jimz > SteveLehto
03/09/2017 at 10:08

bet one or both of the return springs broke inside the brake drum, and the shoes are binding everything up.

smobgirl > SteveLehto
03/09/2017 at 10:08

Oh dear

CB > SteveLehto
03/09/2017 at 10:08

I’m no mechanic, but I think there’s something wrong with it.

SteveLehto > Ash78, voting early and often
03/09/2017 at 10:12

Interestingly, the guy had no idea what I do for a living.

Ash78, voting early and often > SteveLehto
03/09/2017 at 10:14

In my head, I always imagine you as a local celebrity :D

SteveLehto > Ash78, voting early and often
03/09/2017 at 10:16

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 > SteveLehto
03/09/2017 at 10:16

Looks like that tire is low on air. That must be it!

Amoore100 > SteveLehto
03/09/2017 at 10:18

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 > SteveLehto
03/09/2017 at 10:21

ah, the ol’ stick in the spoke gag

Kinja'd!!!

benjrblant > jimz
03/09/2017 at 10:21

Yes, rear tire is not spinning. Please stop driving it before someone drags a hole through the tire.

Noah - Now with more boost. > SteveLehto
03/09/2017 at 10:26

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 > SteveLehto
03/09/2017 at 10:27

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 > SteveLehto
03/09/2017 at 10:36

Almost sounds like a really nice burnout. Totally normal.

jimz > SteveLehto
03/09/2017 at 10:38

that’s wise, nobody gets asked to work “off the clock” more than mechanics, police officers, and attorneys.

jimz > Amoore100
03/09/2017 at 10:39

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 > jimz
03/09/2017 at 10:52

Makes sense. Noisy beasts, those vans.

jimz > Amoore100
03/09/2017 at 10:56

note that I’m not saying the tensioner should be making that sound, it’s just that they eventually all do that.

Amoore100 > jimz
03/09/2017 at 11:07

They all probably do at this point. Throwaway cars, those Cloud Cars, LH Bodies, and their related minivans.

Dave the car guy , still here > SteveLehto
03/09/2017 at 11:07

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 > SteveLehto
03/09/2017 at 11:50

“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 > My bird IS the word
03/09/2017 at 12:56

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.