Mike, I don't know if the source of your problem is the same as mine, but:
A few years ago I replaced both my front splined hubs. I bought them from Gary
Hemphill at Hemphill's Healey Haven. The right front made the clicking noise
you describe, and I found that the disc was picking up and dropping the pads in
its rotation. Thinking that the rotor (which was only a couple years old) was
warped, I removed it and had it turned. This had no effect on the rotor wobble
or the clicking noise. Some time later, I took the car itself to the shop that
turned the disc. They removed the rotor and skimmed it again (it didn't need
it, they said). No effect. At this point it dawned on me that the new hub was
at fault. I reinstalled the original hub with the same bearings and the rotor
wobble and noise was gone.
If your car underwent a restoration fairly recently, maybe it got a similarly
bad hub. If turning the rotor doesn't fix it, you'll know.
Hemphill accepted no responsibility for the defective hub and refused either to
examine it, replace it, or refund my money. He was on his way out of business
at the time. He did inadvertently let me know in a cc to one of his e-mails to
a supplier that he had another bad hub sitting on his desk. Good riddance!
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
---- Mike Garvey <r3m1g4@verizon.net> wrote:
> My front wheels make a clicking noise as I drive; it's reminiscent of my
> childhood days when I put a playing card to flap against the spokes of my
> bicycle.
>
>
>
> My tentative diagnosis is that it is the disk pads that get "pulsed" once
> every time the wheel rotates and the fit of the pads is loose enough that
> they "click". The clicking stops when I apply the brakes. Suspecting that
> perhaps the disk was the root cause (since the rolling resistance varies a
> bit as I rotate the wheel by hand), I measured the run-out of the (outside)
> surface of the disk; it measures 0.005 inches, peak-to-peak. The BMC manual
> says that run-out should not exceed 0.004 inches. It's not easy to measure
> the disk thickness, so I've not done that yet.
>
>
>
> The disks appear to have been replaced during the restoration (by the former
> owner) about 2 years ago. I recently installed the shims that Moss sells to
> alleviate brake squeal (which are very effective I find).
>
>
>
> Do all/most Healeys make this noise? Should I just have the disks turned?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance, Mike
>
>
>
> Michael Garvey
>
> 1967 BJ8/38046
>
> Swampscott, MA
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