Re: strange ticking noise
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Re: strange ticking noise



Mark (or is it Mike? See the header below) - This is literally a shot 
in the dark, but check this out - It sounds like the tick comes when 
you have the rear of the car loaded a bit (accelerating, "bottoming 
out" at the base of a long dip, etc.) Has your car been lowered? The 
reason I ask is that I had a similar experience after I lowered my car 
down 1.75" in the rear, and 3.5" in the front. When the rear squatted 
down, I would hear a noise like a tick. It turned out that the sheet 
metal dust shields below the trailing arms were rubbing on the drive 
axles. There was a shiny band on the axles, and a wear mark on the 
shields. The fix was to bend the edge of the shield up a little in 
the local area above the drive axle to create some additional 
clearance. I hope that helps.

Toby Peterson VIN 2248
Winged1


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Michael T Twigger <marktwigger@xxxx> wrote:
>Ok I was driving down a fairly steep hill in 3rd gear and as
>the road came back up there was a loud ticking noise, which 
>sounded like in the rear. When I press down on the clutch the
>noise goes off let it up and it comes on again. When I press on the 
>brake the noise goes off. After a couple of miles going 55 in 5th the 
>sound is gone, and it never comes on again. The next day I drive the 
>same way and the noise comes back, exactly the same spot. Then again 
>it goes off.
>Is this something to do with the drive shaft brakes or what?.
>The Delorean and the rear engine setup is all new to me.







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