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RE: [TR] TR3 Clack

To: tr3driver@comcast.net, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [TR] TR3 Clack
From: "John Herrera" <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:51:29 -0400
> > What would make a "Clack-clack-clack" come from the left rear of a TR3?
> >
> > It's not my TR3, it's a friend's. Really.
> >
> > Does it in any gear and varies with road speed. More pronounced under 
>load.
>
>Does it have wire wheels ?  Might be a bad wheel bearing; but something 
>loose in
>the wheel/hub assembly is my guess.
>
>Randall

Nope, alloys. Lug nuts were tight. Actually, I just was e-mailed that it 
makes the noise with the car on jackstands and the wheel removed. He said 
the U-joint looked wobbly, but it doesn't sound like a U-joint to me.

John


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