abrezinsky
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I have a 1997 Ex Eddie Bauer v8 with 196k miles on it. For the past few months, I've had a clicking sound coming from the drivers side rear end. When turning left, there's a much louder popping sound that goes away as soon as I straighten out. I'm guessing it's been going on for a while but I really didn't hear how loud it was until I started driving with the window down when it got warmer.
I originally thought it may be the parking brake pads stuck so I replaced them. The old ones were completely destroyed so I hoped that was it, but no decrease in the sound once I got it back together.
I thought it might be the rear axle bearing so last weekend I replaced the bearings, seals and since I thought there would be damage to the axles from running on them when they were bad I also replaced the axles. When the differential was open, I didn't see any damage to any of the gearing and the oil was still pretty clean. No metal was found inside. The clicking when driving went away but the popping sound is still there. My brother in law watched the tires rotate and the sound happens exactly at the same point in the rotation from the left side of the car.
I'm at a loss for what else it could be since I can't reproduce the sound with the truck in the air. Any idea what else I should be looking at or any way to attempt to reproduce the sound?
I originally thought it may be the parking brake pads stuck so I replaced them. The old ones were completely destroyed so I hoped that was it, but no decrease in the sound once I got it back together.
I thought it might be the rear axle bearing so last weekend I replaced the bearings, seals and since I thought there would be damage to the axles from running on them when they were bad I also replaced the axles. When the differential was open, I didn't see any damage to any of the gearing and the oil was still pretty clean. No metal was found inside. The clicking when driving went away but the popping sound is still there. My brother in law watched the tires rotate and the sound happens exactly at the same point in the rotation from the left side of the car.
I'm at a loss for what else it could be since I can't reproduce the sound with the truck in the air. Any idea what else I should be looking at or any way to attempt to reproduce the sound?