Strange popping / flapping sound

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I am all of a sudden getting a weird popping/flapping type sound that almost sounds like a cross between driving with a flat tire that has something stuck to it and a bolt with a loose washer/ nut on it. Or almost like a piece of plastic or rock has been stuck into the center cap of the rim.

I thought it might be the heat shielding over the gas tank as a few bolts broke, so I removed it temporarily to see if the issue would resolve and it did not.

I was under there yesterday looking for anything loose and I don’t see anything that sticks out... anyone have any ideas on what I can look at as a potential culprit?

[ssms5411]

Weird, maybe rear shock tower nuts, probably not. Don't know. Maybe a brake line holder, had one of those that came loose. It was on the differential.

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Hoping it is E-brake related as I have just found out that my E-brake is no longer holding the car when engaged. Yet oddly enough there is no unusual slack on the Ebrake handle

[ssms5411]

Hoping it is E-brake related as I have just found out that my E-brake is no longer holding the car when engaged. Yet oddly enough there is no unusual slack on the Ebrake handle

Yeah those cables could be loose, just don't get the A/C Delco one from Rockauto doesn't fit, found out the hard way.

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Popped the tires off today and inspected the brakes. I thought maybe the rotors were warped, but I took them off and still had the same sound. I believe I have narrowed it to the axle bearings being bad as it sounded like a sand mixer when it was on the jack stands

[ssms5411]

Popped the tires off today and inspected the brakes. I thought maybe the rotors were warped, but I took them off and still had the same sound. I believe I have narrowed it to the axle bearings being bad as it sounded like a sand mixer when it was on the jack stands

Glad you found it.

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So when I pulled off the passenger side axle I found my sealed axle bearing was cracked as per the photo below. Any idea how this can happen?

[ssms5411]

No idea but atleast you found the problem, how old are the bearings? Your going to do both sides correct? No point in just doing the one. I had mine done in 2010 when the new torsen and 3.73s were installed.

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I am doing both sides. The bearings were bought in 2011 and have maybe 45,000 miles on them.

The axles are in the shop waiting to get pressed on. I tore my quad the other week so I am not 100% mobile at the moment, but I am hoping to be able to have them back and installed by Wednesday at the latest

[FirebirdGT]

I am doing both sides. The bearings were bought in 2011 and have maybe 45,000 miles on them.

The axles are in the shop waiting to get pressed on. I tore my quad the other week so I am not 100% mobile at the moment, but I am hoping to be able to have them back and installed by Wednesday at the latest

What's getting pressed on?

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What's getting pressed on?

The Ford 8.8 rear I have in the Camaro has Ford 9” flanges that run a MSR 9508B bearings. Since they are also meant for c-clip eliminators, the bearing gets put on the axle and a retainer ring has to be pressed on behind them to hold them into place.

With this setup the rear brake bracket (the really thick steel plate) prevents the axle from sliding out and the retainer ring prevents the axle from sliding the other way.

This is the 9” housing:

[ssms5411]

Nice, good to hear. Yeah they should have lasted longer then 45k miles.

[ssms5411]

Hey Mike, you get the axles back in?

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Took a couple weeks for the shop to get them pressed on as they were busy. But I got them on the other day. Had a bit of a flapping sound still from what I determined to be the parking brake and the backing plate. The bearings were garbage though, so at least that was part of the problem.

I have given up on the parking brake at the moment. It squeaks on the driver side a bit as I think the clip isn’t holding the shoes tight. So I have backed the shoes off so that it doesn’t make any noise. The downside is that the parlong brake is non functioning as a result.

I need to look into seeing if I can get another clip so I can fasten the shoes with no play and actually get the parking brake to hold. Manual adjustment is a pain in the rear

[ssms5411]

I thought the rear brakes automatically adjusted when you pull the parking brake up. On my 1996 with 97' discs it does. Might be different though on later F-bodys.