SKooT1027

I have noticed recently that I hear a strange clicking sound when I am turning. It sounds like it is coming from the front axel, but I am not 100% sure. I believe it happens only when I turn left, but it doesnt always happen so it's hard to tell. Any ideas what this might be?
Its an early 944 btw

Also, I notice a slight noise from my brakes but its more apparent under slow braking (like when parking). The brakes still stop the car perfectly though. I have been thinking about putting new pads on, but is this anything to worry about or just normal noise? I believe they are just normal pads (they were put on by the PO)

95Juan

can you tell if it's one side or another?

do you have any suspension mods? lowering springs, anything like that?

SKooT1027

I think its the front left tire.. like near there.

I have no aftermarket suspension mods, but I do have the sport package on the car so I have the koni's and the other stuff that came w the package

Z-man

clicking sounds are typically CV joints - but that would explain your situation only if the noise is coming from the rear of the car.

Swap wheels right to left and see if the noise now comes from the other side. Also: inspect your sway bar bushings while the wheels are off.

Good luck,
-Z-man.

SKooT1027

I cant swap wheels.. i have directional tires and staggered sizes front/back ...

2BWise

Clicking? Could easily be a bad wheel bearing

Z-man

Just swap the fronts (side to side) and go for a test ride - as long as the road isn't wet and it's not raining, you won't have a problem. As least then you can narrow down the problem. Then you can swap the wheels back.

And as 2BWise points out - it could very well be a wheel bearing. (Forgot about that!). A simple test of this is as follows:
- Jack up one side of the car.
- Place your finger on the spring behind the raised tire.
- Spin the wheel.
- If you feel a lot of vibrations propegating through the spring, the wheel bearings are shot. (As a comparison, do the same thing on the other non-noisy side first.)

-Z.

2BWise

Never heard of testing the wheel bearing by feeling the spring, but I guess that's alot better than relying on noise (which I've always done, along with periodically physically looking at them) because if it were to fail in some way without the tell tale clicking I'd be SOL.

Z-man

A tire/suspension guy showed me that trick when my wheel bearings were failing. It is very easy to feel the difference between good bearings and bad ones.

-Z.

2BWise

I'll definitely remember that one