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1996 850 Turbo - Front end noise solved.

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bugs11
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Last night when driving home the right front end would rumble when ever I decelerated. The sound reminded me of a jake brake on semi-truck. The sound disappeared whenever I accelerated or tapped the brakes.

Turns out the lug nuts were loose on the right front wheel. This is the wheel that I had the tire replaced on a couple weeks ago. Moral of the story if you start hearing a rumble on deceleration that goes way when you hit the brakes, check your lug nuts.

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Post by erikv11 »

Yikes! Very glad you caught that before it caught you.
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Post by Sommerfeldt »

This one happened to me while driving 500 km across Sweden a few years ago. I thought I was going to get stuck in the middle of some dark Swedish woods - on the phone w/my then girlfriend, near hysterical (me, not her).
And then I tightened the lug nuts... and apologized to my gf. :D

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Yeah, at first I thought CV axle or wheel bearing, but when the sound disappeared when I accelerated or applied the brakes... I was like whaaat??? I was going to pull the wheel and take a look, but then I did just a quick search and loose lug nuts was mentioned. One lug nut I could spin with my fingers the others were just slightly loose, I was still surprised they came loose. Never has happened to me before.

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Post by oragex »

I had this issue when the wheel bearing surface where the lugs get attached to, was bent from having kicked it with a hammer

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oragex wrote:... from having kicked it with a hammer
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Post by oragex »

Not that hammer :lol:

Hammer removed the bearing thinking it was bad, was actually good so put it back: wheel lugs were getting loose since

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Post by dorvin »

Always check your lugs roughly 100 miles after removing a wheel. Better safe than sorry.

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