by Mikepier <mikepier@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Mar 11, 2008 at 07:35 AM
On Mar 9, 9:46=A0am, "McNick" <mcnick...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> At slow speeds my drivers back wheel has a really loud tick. I just got
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> tires and it was doing it before that, so its not a rock. Just at speeds
> under 20 mph. Its sounds like a playing card in a spoke of a bike tire
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> 10 times lounder and not good sounding. Anyone have any suggestions..??
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You need to take off the tire and examine the brakes, including the
drum brakes inside the rotors, to see if anything is loose. I would
suggest lifting both rear tires off the ground so you can turn the
rotor by hand and try to determine where the noise is coming from.