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Question: Clicking sound passenger tire area

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dstiglitz, 5.7L V8, Escanaba, MI, July 07, 2009, 18:26
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Have a clicking noise coming from the passenger tire area that gets louder with speed. It almost resembles the sound of a pebble in the wheel cover but found nothing inside.

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    patrick mannion from Greg Solow's Engine Room, July 07, 2009, 22:48
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    Have you tried driving with the wheel trim off? Any chance there is a stone caught in the tire thread? A rotational clicking sound should be easy to find but is frustrating when it is not obvious. I have found (not on a Suburban) a steel wheel that was cracked, perhaps rotate the tire and see if the noise moves to the wheel /axle you have swapped it with.

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    Visitor, August 18, 2010, 22:24

    Not sure if you figured this out, but I had the same on my 93 and had the mechanic change out rubber down there. Says its fixed, but now im getting loud poppin noises when turning....

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