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Car Forum / Nissan / Nissan Maxima / September 2004

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92 Maxima clicking noise

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sly1980 - 24 Aug 2004 05:53 GMT
I have bought this car used with 150,000 miles on it.  Everything seemed to
be fine with the car until one day I started to hear a loud click noise
upon and after releasing the brakes.  This noise is coming from somewhere
under the car and I have brought the car to a few mechanics who can't seem
to find whats wrong.  There is also a rattling noise when I drive on rough
roads.  When I am driving there is no noise or clicking at all, its just
when i brake and release the pedal then I hear the noise. If someone has
any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.
Richard Tomkins - 25 Aug 2004 03:15 GMT
I have had the clicking sound, very light, only heard near vertical walls
that echo the sound and the windows open. I also have a scraping sound at
low speeds. From what I have been able to determine, this noise happens on
my car as caused by the protective brake shield rubbing on the rotors.

I tried bending the shield away from the rotors slightly and the noise went
away for a while.

Also, a loud clicking noise when turning corners can be a problem with the
drive train apparently.

rtt

That is all I know.

> I have bought this car used with 150,000 miles on it.  Everything seemed to
> be fine with the car until one day I started to hear a loud click noise
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> when i brake and release the pedal then I hear the noise. If someone has
> any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.
sly1980 - 25 Aug 2004 05:45 GMT
Thanx for the advice, but I was told that my control bushing was the
problem, I don't know if this might be the actual problem.  Right now its
the only thing i have to go on.  
damien - 18 Sep 2004 20:41 GMT
if your not sure specifically that its the control bushing, you might
investigate the cv joints located behind your brake drums, if the car
clicks when you turn the wheel one of your cv joints in the front is worn,
and is leaking brake fluid, cause your front brakes to squeak, if you only
hear the clicking when you go over bumps, or when you brake and it makes
your brakes scream, then its the back cv joints,  on a third generation
maxima im almost positive that you have cv pumps for every joint on the
back tires, 1 joints per rotar, 1 rotar per wheel, its not a difficult
situation to over come, as long as you own the rebuild book for your
maxima, and know how to take off your brake drum, take off your tire, and
your brake pad, and your brake drum and clip, and you will see a metal rod
with what looks like a rubber plunger on it, pull on it a little and look
between the creases and if it has cracks in it, or looks like it might
have a hole replace it immediatly or it could cost you your axel, tire,
rotar, brake pads, brake dumb, make sure you grease the bearings, anytime
you do anything beyond the brake drum, or you turn the risk, of blowing
your rotar, brake drum, and tire off on the expressway, which will leave
you with a horribly disfigured axel
 
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