# Wierd Clunking Noise in Rear, Acura CL **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [January 20, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wierd-clunking-noise-in-rear-acura-cl/249861 "2010-01-20T22:17:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NickAlero](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nickalero/32/6440_2.png) [@NickAlero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NickAlero)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wierd-clunking-noise-in-rear-acura-cl/249861/21 "2010-01-21T13:43:22Z")
I’ll make shhhure I check all that shtuff guisth ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wierd-clunking-noise-in-rear-acura-cl/249861/22 "2010-01-21T21:30:13Z")
Time for new pads and rotors kiiid. My Z24 did the same thing when the front brakes were shot. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wierd-clunking-noise-in-rear-acura-cl/249861/23 "2010-01-22T07:45:44Z")
> [@So Orbitz blows...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-orbitz-blows/28601/5): > > Issues/Resolved Issues: > Camber issue went away once I left my parking lot…shitty lot. > Shook the wheel, didn’t move enough for it to be a bearing. > Took the wheel off, noticed a HUGE gash in my rotor. Looked at my pads, they’re shot. So those are getting replaced tomorrow. > > Only question I have is about the sound, its audible at all speeds (had a passenger ride in with me before any physical diagnosis). Is it possible my caliper is seized/stuck? > > Thanks for the input all, and Wayne I’ll keep you in mind for future if I have anything serious :thumbup How the hell does hard set, suspension settings magicly change location to location?? Shaking the wheel doens show for sure a wheel bearing is shot. They are such a tight tolerance item, if they are bad enough to make noise, pull the car one way or another, they can be warn just enough that you will never feel it in hand, yet the wheel being 25+" in dia, puts the tread 12+ inches away from the bearing, so every mm. the bearing could slop would yield 12+mms of movement. If you lift the car off the ground and can shake the wheel, it would be death to drive on the road! check the dust shield like he said, look for any slightly polished edges on its rusty surface, if it hit something rotational it would clean the rust off it. if you see something like that yank it away a bit. If the caliper sliders are frozen you would eat one pad wayyy more than the other. you should be able to mount the caliper on the car without the rotor and slide it side to side without much effort. if it doenst replace them. Bent wheel wouldnt make those noises, but could cause the pull, vibrations, and if it is out of balance enough will kill a wheel bearing over time. ---
**Author:** ![GearheadNY.com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GearheadNY.com](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GearheadNY.com)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wierd-clunking-noise-in-rear-acura-cl/249861/24 "2010-01-22T15:16:23Z")
hondas and rear calipers. they dont get along well all the time. ---
**Author:** ![NickAlero](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nickalero/32/6440_2.png) [@NickAlero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NickAlero)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wierd-clunking-noise-in-rear-acura-cl/249861/25 "2010-01-22T15:42:44Z")
All done. Did pads on both back sides and the back right rotor. The rotor and hub assembly were rusted together, but that came off with use of a makeshift puller (2 clamps and a flat piece of sheet metal on the studs, clamped the metal to the back of the rotor and tightened until it broke free). All in all, not too bad of a job, a bit more than I was expecting, but not too bad. The noise is completely gone, so I’m confident problem was solved. Also, the caliper wasn’t seized thankfully, one less thing to replace. ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wierd-clunking-noise-in-rear-acura-cl/249861/26 "2010-01-22T16:25:45Z")
great way to bend a hub flange , if ya have no clue on what your doin ya can spend a lot of money in a hurry and not get anywhere ---
**Author:** ![NickAlero](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nickalero/32/6440_2.png) [@NickAlero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NickAlero)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wierd-clunking-noise-in-rear-acura-cl/249861/27 "2010-01-22T16:33:44Z")
> [@Boys: Boxers, Briefs, or Boxer Briefs...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boys-boxers-briefs-or-boxer-briefs/52387/17): > > great way to bend a hub flange , if ya have no clue on what your doin ya can spend a lot of money in a hurry and not get anywhere It sure is, if you do it wrong. I made sure I didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wierd-clunking-noise-in-rear-acura-cl/249861/28 "2010-01-23T10:08:18Z")
I usually just kick the rotors off with my boot. But whatever works for you :lol ---
**Author:** ![NickAlero](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nickalero/32/6440_2.png) [@NickAlero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NickAlero)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wierd-clunking-noise-in-rear-acura-cl/249861/29 "2010-01-23T22:37:09Z")
> [@AlpineSkiier"](#): > > I usually just kick the rotors off with my boot. But whatever works for you :lol Yup, free and necessary :lol [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wierd-clunking-noise-in-rear-acura-cl/249861.md?page=1)