HHHEEELLLLPPPP

[Bpeterson]

ok i was driving down my road out to get something for the wifey , the road is now a bumpy ass dirt road b/c the lazy ass city workers wont finish paving it...anyways i get to the end and my cr starts making a clunking noise that links with the roll of the car so i figure i have a rock stuck in my tire so i pull in to the store and no rocks. The noise also seems louder when i press the clutch pedal almost 100% pos the sound is coming from the driver front wheel area and the noise changes when i turn it turns into a scrubbing and clunking noise and as for during accel...yes but also while i coast any ideas please

[Hollowmon]

Is it coming from the front or back?

[Bpeterson]

driver front just posted that sorry noticed i forgot that

[frostbyte]

cv joint, axel?

[Bpeterson]

problem solved i guess the road vibrated my lug nut loose 3 out of 4 were looses glad i got it taken care of thanks though

[AnthonyF]

^good deal. The reason why it was getting louder when you pushed the clutch is, is cus when it was engaged the trans and the driveline took most of the vibration away. Just FYI.

-Ant.

[Tech5]

Acutally ...when Your driving its keeping tesnion on the wheel an the studs, when you mash the clutch in, it allowed the wheel to move back an forth causing it to get louder, plus the noise from the motor an the exhaust deaden the sound from your wheel...an vibration will not make your lug nuts come loose if they was torqued right to began with!

[Atlblkz06]

This could have been bad, glad everything worked out ok!

[Bpeterson]

vibration will not make your lug nuts come loose if they was torqued right to began with!

all good and well but i can 100% garuntee you they were torqued properly i know what i am doin

[Homer Simpson]

had my lugs come loose on my old civic once...its scary stuff!

[osnap]

...apparently you dont.

[BTEC]

what kinda lug nuts u got? or wheels? woah!

[seanrg1116]

...apparently you dont.

he put them on with an impact gun...........so i dont think he f'ed it up putting them on

honda lugs and nockoff slips

[Init2winit]

Post pics of the wifey.

[AnthonyF]

^lol wtf horn dog.

-Ant.

[MskunkM]

lite locknut... use it... just in case. some hondas for some reason are prone to that....

[Bpeterson]

lite locknut... use it... just in case. some hondas for some reason are prone to that....

have to check it out +1

[Bpeterson]

Post pics of the wifey.

[SixSquared]

My lugs love coming loose (welded rear diff on a 240). Aside from keeping a handy-dandy impact in the car to tighten them, I have also noticed that if you put a drop of clear nail polish (which your wifey should have) on the threads of the nut or lug stud before you pair the two and tighten, it helps keep them from coming loose.

[Kaiser]

Acutally ...when Your driving its keeping tesnion on the wheel an the studs, when you mash the clutch in, it allowed the wheel to move back an forth causing it to get louder, plus the noise from the motor an the exhaust deaden the sound from your wheel...an vibration will not make your lug nuts come loose if they was torqued right to began with!

Honda studs are particularly well known for having EXACTLY this happen both with stock wheels and ESPECIALLY with aftermarket wheels. Also, Anthony's explanation as to why is correct. The wheel vibrating the hub was DAMPENED by the connection to the engine. When the clutch came off what he actually heard as amplification was more likely the vibration of the clutch pressure plate against the flywheel. Realistically the change in tension between clutch in clutch out on a 3/4 stud loose wheel would be hard to hear over road noise, however if he had said 4/4 were loose then her certainly would have heard the kachinkachink of tension change. While he MIGHT have hard the tension change, he also described that it happens as he gets to around 95% of clutch depression, which really doesn't make sense for tension change, but does for tapping.

OP: If you have larger-than-stock wheels where your tires have a short sidewall, and ESPECIALLY if your new wheels are lugcentric and not hubcentric, remember that they generate more stress and transfer more road vibration to the lugnuts. I'd recommend replacing your studs and lugs with heavier duty ones and using around 100-105 ftlbs of torque to hold the lugs on. Even then I might consider using a little bit of locktite at the very bottom of the stud to prevent vibration. Yours is the fourth honda this month, including my roommates integra, that I have heard about this from.