Thread: wheel hub trouble

clicking only with brakes is usually a brake issue, could be a pad moving, or the friction material has come free of the backing (common with lower cost pads and they will seem to stop fine until that piece disintegrates and you have nothing) pull the brakes and look at everything, you should be able to feel any play in the bearing also

when I first did the wheel hubs, I had to move my car to get another car out, and the axel nuts were not torqued (just hand threaded)...upon breaking i got this very noticable click click click almost a crunching sound...i thaught ...better not drive this until the hubs are torqued. I torqued them and the noise went away...now one month later the same noise returned, but now the hubs are cranked to 120 ft/lb and i get a noticable whirling from the wheels. I personally think i toasted a cheap 'made in china' bearing...but I dont know