On 4/4/08 2:07 AM, in article 47F5D370.3080309@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Ralph Hertle"
<ralph.hertle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Nick:
>
>
> N.H.L ---> KSU '11 wrote:
>> Hello all, I have a 99 maxima gle with little over 73K. Right after
>> Midas replaced ball joints about a month ago, a noise started in the
>> right front wheel. The best way to describe it is baseball cards in
>> bicycle spokes if you can imagine that. Pitch corresponds with speed
>> and intensifies in a right turn and gets quieter in left turns. I
might
>> be wrong about what side it's coming from and it may be totally
>> unrelated to the ball joints. It was pretty faint at first but is
>> getting louder very gradually. I'm not sure if someone who is not used
>> to my car would even recognize it.
>>
>> Thanks for any help!
>> Nick L.
>
>
>
> My '97 Max also has that 'baseball card' sound. It occurs when the
> weather is warmer and is louder at speeds of more than 20mph.
>
> The sound seems to come from the dash at the windshield glass location.
> At one point I thought that it could be the wiper blades, however, I
> changed them and the sound occurs with the wipers on or off. Not that.
>
> The ventilating system ducting in the dash firewall area is on a
> straight line with the right front wheel. A coincidental relationship,
> possibly. The HVAC air intake system has valves that may be trimmed with
> some type of edging material that may be vibrating. The sound is in when
> driving, and is independent of the HVAC system working when the car is
> at a standstill. I suspect that the outside cowl vent air intake system
> may have an air valve that vibrates.
>
> The sound is a nuisance. I wish that a diagram of the HVAC system were
> available somewhere. Could that be available at the Nissan parts desk?
>
> Ralph Hertle
>
Courtesy Nissan has an online parts catalog now. See if this is what you
are looking for:
http://www.courtesyparts.com/betasite/maxima-a32b-1995-1999/genuine-nissan-
parts/body-electrical/270-heater-blower-unit/-c-1783_1784_1822_1839.html
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