Axle slop anyone?
 

I've been noticing (recently) a clicking sound on the driver side rear - and usually only as I come to a (slow) stop. Occasionally I will hear it as I am taking off from a dead stop. I suspect either - pads slapping around in caliper (i hope not)... OR play in the axle (also hoping not). Anyone else have this issue? Thanx

That axle click is pretty common and fixable under warranty.

I bought it new in Jul 2010 and it has almost 39k on it now....still under warranty?

Not the 3/36k.

thought that was just tightening to 133ft/lbs on the center nut driver side.

I had this axle click as well and the tech brought it in, repacked grease into something (not sure what exactly) and I haven't experienced it since. No issues since they did this and its been about a year.

That's what they did with mine. No issues in 5k+ miles since.

Kool...Thanx! Will definitely check that out.

i asked them to do mine at 46k miles and they said not for free.... said it was outa warranty to fix the click...

six months later the sound went away. im sure when things warm up again ill hear it.

Your axle joints are dry and you may have to get them repacked or replaced. I had to do this when I owned my 350Z at 95k miles. I purchased mine used from a salvage yard from a low mileage Z.

I mentioned this before but I had a similar issue and it was actually a TPMS the broke and was rolling in the wheel which is why I only heard it when moving slow. Never got a light on the dash because it was still transmitting.

Never heard anything like this!

Only you could come up with something like this. LMAO :D

I guess I could be suckered in to that one...gonna have it checked out anyway. Thanx

mine is def not a loose TPMS

The thought never entered my mind...but I did just have a new set of tires put on her...and I didnt notice this noise until...like the next day...and the tire has to come off to lube the axle seal anyway...so. I will DEFINITELY let y'all know :-)

I have a click and I thought it was an axle. However after jacking up the car and rotating a wheel it sounded more like the hub. I then took off the wheel and the rotor and rotated the hub and there was no sound. I put back on the rotor and the click came back.
The hub is not secured to the rotor, there are just wheel studs going thought the holes in the rotor. The tight tolerances between the hub and rotor are supposed to keep things quiet but in my case where I am taking the rotors off all the time the clearances have loosened up. If I rotated the hub by the wheel studs I could see the studs hit the rotor as I moved the hub back and forth causing the click.

That's when mine started too.

Had my wheel painted this week - which means I had all four wheels off of the car. Axles looked good...rotors...everything looked good. Couldnt find a problem. Finished the wheels, put them back on...no click! Just wish I knew what it really was...thats all.

There was a SB on this for the 350z, and the 370z suffered the same fate, you need to grease the axle splines, that's it!


http://www.notre350z.com/forum/files...ClickClack.pdf