looking for a little guidance here.
given english is not my native language, i hope i can come tru clear enough...
so, i got my second jimny 3 months ago or so. took it the mechanic for a seeing to.
aside from fluids, i changed the cluch kit, cluch cable, front brake pads and changed spark plugs and cables, and a sensor. the bolt on the chassis end of the rear right arm was kinda loose, got tighten up.. apart i have a u joint on the rear prop shaft that needs replacing..
after that i took the car to the country for a drive..nothing serious, just a long strech of dirt road...
on the way back, i head a big clank. it was just like the sound a rock makes when it comes of the tyre...but now i have some at tyres, it was much louder than when i had MT's on, wich grab much bigger stones. in fact the sound was so loud that i can only imagine it was a bolt and not a stone, since the at's onle tend to get small stones stuck in them, like, 5mm or so...
after that a annoying noise started to rear its ugly head.
first time i noticed it was i was stuck on a traffic jam, rolling very slowly, and the noise was half squeek, half crek, like i some rusty leafsprings were flexing with rust on them, or a coilspring on top of a plastic bushing sliping about...but it was definitly metalic. if made that noise everytime i went over a depression or bump.but only slowly,like 10 mph. above that,nothing.
the noise has been getting worse, now it sounds as if a metal plate ocasionaly touches or rests against a sping axle,like the prop or the hub.
i cant figure out where it's coming from, sometimes sounds like it's one of the left side wheels, other like it's from underneath the car.
on a flat surface i can barely hear it, and if i do at all, it's a low wizzing sounds sound, ...
but when i go over bad tarmac it there,constantlly ratling. i considered a shot wheelbearing, but that wouldnt behave like that over the bumps...
at one time,on the first braking of the day afer setting of, the sound persisted after i took my foot of the brakes, as if the caliper had siezed, but never happend again. i'm preety sure it's not the brakes, they make no wierd noises, and my mileage hasnt changed...
i'm considering the guard plates behind the brake discs, or some heat shield.
at times id while driving slowly and i turn the wheel and hold it there, turning,the noise becomes constant,but not every time. at other times, while driving straigh it's there,ciclyc...
had a peek under the car, didn't notice nothing out of the ordinary ..
what could be scaping against what? maybe the cat's heat shield?
i did notice that if i stand behind the car with the engine running i notice a very low metalic noise, half click half squeek, in tune with the exaust's vibration...could it be a joint in the pipes?
it's driving me nuts.
any ideas?
