# 1996 Integra - driver side squeal, broken wheel stud, suspension **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** integra, acura\ **Created:** [September 25, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-integra-driver-side-squeal-broken-wheel-stud-suspension/108075 "2017-09-25T14:45:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MarkyMayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@MarkyMayhem](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MarkyMayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-integra-driver-side-squeal-broken-wheel-stud-suspension/108075/1 "2017-09-25T14:45:09Z")
First - Been doing plenty of research and search. 1996 4 door auto “Dad” version Teg. 154k miles. Sat for over a year. I rebuilt the ignition / dizzy with some civic yard bits, got it out of my buddies garage, and am trying to get in action. It sat for 1yr plus so - Suspension wise, no play anywhere. Pass. side has bad boots on the rack & CV… Cleaned, greased, zip tied for now. Driver side - the UCA bushings are not even in existence as far as I can tell. Occasional clunk when driving - however, the bolts are starting to wear/bang dents/holes in the sides of the… well where they are - new UCA is in stock @ the “crib, dawg” There’s lots of fiddly details I’ll leave out for now. QUESTION: Driver side has a horrible high pitched sounds like the dust shield hitting the rotor sound when moving. Yesterday - pulled off the hubcap. One lug nut was cross-threaded and showed 3/4" of unthreaded bolt an of course snapped the stud when trying to remove. This car has 4 studs. The opposite nut was finger loose The other 2 were normal tight. Tore it down to the hub. I can’t see a way to get the wheel stud out without pulling the hub or grinding the spindle a LOT. Cleaned up the brakes, sand paper, etc etc etc. Put it back with 3 lug nuts, just to drive it around to the front of my place from the alley [I live in a decent sized city] - and I found & cleaned massive rust chunks stuck by the rotor, checked the dust shield etc etc etc. Still have a mad loud high pitched metal rubbing metal sound when I drive over 1mph - driver side for sure. I can’t see or tell WTF could be a rotational squeal… unless it’s a durn whell bearing - but I’ve NEVER heard one go out and make the exact "dust shield on the rotor" sound. So - what to check? New to 'Teg - not to Honda… But this lil bastard needs the hub pulled for a wheel stud - unless someone can point me in the 100% direction for grinder clearance, I can’t see a way to pull the old & fit the new stud without a hub pull… Thank you everyone for your help. First Teg, wanna get 'er ripping! -Marky ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-integra-driver-side-squeal-broken-wheel-stud-suspension/108075/2 "2017-09-25T15:58:13Z")
did you check the pad thickness while you were in there? Could be a wear tab. ---
**Author:** ![COROLLAGUY1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/corollaguy1/32/7575_2.png) [@COROLLAGUY1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/COROLLAGUY1)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-integra-driver-side-squeal-broken-wheel-stud-suspension/108075/3 "2017-09-25T16:22:40Z")
Grind a little bit of the stud head so you can have a better angle to insert it.I usually grind 1/2 of the stud head. Does the noise stops when you press on the brakes?Does the wheel feel hot after a short drive? I was thinking of a seized caliper. ---
**Author:** ![MarkyMayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@MarkyMayhem](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MarkyMayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-integra-driver-side-squeal-broken-wheel-stud-suspension/108075/4 "2017-09-25T16:43:31Z")
yes the wheel gets hot after a short drive. on this particular car there is no kind of grinding half the stud head off. if I ground a 3/8 inch deep channel in the hub and then ground off half of the stud and then used a Dremel on the broken stud I could probably change it out that way but otherwise no doing. one thing I think I forgot to mention and some more details. hitting the brakes makes zero change also I’ve pulled both sides of the brakes all the way down to pulling the rotors off sanding down a little bit of rust the pads are all good almost brand new greased everything that needed grease to put the brakes all back together. still got the same noise and I swear it sounds like a heat shield hitting the brakes but it’s not. I guess there’s a tiny tiny possibility that the broken stud backed out a little bit and is rubbing the Hub but I didn’t see a bright shiny Channel anywhere so I kind of doubt that. also I think I think mind you when I make a sharp left turn like 90 degrees at slow speed the squeal from the driver side goes away. I thought the squeal came from the passenger side but it just turns out it’s because my driver side window doesn’t open and my passenger side does. after driving an opening the drivers side door it’s pretty obvious the squeal is coming from the drivers side. which is were I have the busted bushings on the UCA. Bear in mind - no play in the wheel… I’m a bit baffled. And if anyone has experience in a 1996 Integra, 4 bolt wheels, without pulling the hub - is there ANY way to do it without grinding down the spindle a fair ammount, or puling the hub? The way I see it, there isn’t even a decent place to rotate the busted stud to, where I can grind a reasonablly shallow groove for stud R&R… Calipers COULD be junk - but the pads are pretty new looking, rotors… minor glazing in radial spots. I could pull the calipers and move the piston around a bit with a punch though the brake line hole and see if they aren’t hardly moving I guess. Or jack er up and run in gear with both sides torn down to the hub. But dang that’s a pain. I think they are fine. Maybe today I’ll use a 1x3" in the caliper, with it removed from the wheel and hooked up - and a friend, and see how they work, or don’t… I have literally never heard this sound when it WASN’T brakes or dust shield or something rubbing -Mark ---
**Author:** ![MarkyMayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@MarkyMayhem](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MarkyMayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-integra-driver-side-squeal-broken-wheel-stud-suspension/108075/5 "2017-09-25T17:02:36Z")
I should mention [& re-mention] no change when braking, at all. Seems to quiet a bit on a slow 90 degree left turn Drivers side is where the loud af noise is from get a tiny bit of noise from the rear brakes when reversing really slow I’m really stuck here! -MM ---
**Author:** ![COROLLAGUY1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/corollaguy1/32/7575_2.png) [@COROLLAGUY1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/COROLLAGUY1)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-integra-driver-side-squeal-broken-wheel-stud-suspension/108075/6 "2017-09-25T17:10:24Z")
This might help! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdZGl-iU-ms](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdZGl-iU-ms) Like Eric stated in his video, make sure the dust shield is not bent out of shape and causing the noise. ---
**Author:** ![GorehamJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/gorehamj/32/24103_2.png) [@GorehamJ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GorehamJ)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-integra-driver-side-squeal-broken-wheel-stud-suspension/108075/7 "2017-09-26T19:08:28Z")
Good for you keeping that “Dad’s Integra” going! Had the pleasure of having a 2-door “wife’s” Integra of that generation. No car I ever had felt more refined for its period that that Integra. Ours was a mid-trim. The top-trim GS-R and rare Type R Integras are now sought after and many enthusiasts love them. Good luck. I vote with the frozen caliper issue crowd. Little known factoid - Acura USA doesn’t have a single model for sale today that sells at the rate the1989 Integra did. ---
**Author:** ![MarkyMayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@MarkyMayhem](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MarkyMayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-integra-driver-side-squeal-broken-wheel-stud-suspension/108075/8 "2017-09-26T19:23:12Z")
I don’t know when the pads were last changed but they’re evenly worn both sides of the car and both sides of the pads. there’s a little bit of glazing on the rotors both sides but not much. I didn’t change the pants so I didn’t have to compress the calipers but the pads are probably at 89% anyways so the calipers are almost fully retracted I guess I could get a 1 by 2 stick it in there and hit the brakes and see what happens but I kind of doubt it’s a caliper anyways I guess it’s an easy check ---
**Author:** ![MarkyMayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@MarkyMayhem](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MarkyMayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-integra-driver-side-squeal-broken-wheel-stud-suspension/108075/9 "2017-09-26T20:37:16Z")
also I should probably note that the sound is present whether the brakes are applied or not and it does not change one iota depending on breaking no breaking brake Force Etc pardon the misspellings I’m dictating into the phone ---
**Author:** ![COROLLAGUY1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/corollaguy1/32/7575_2.png) [@COROLLAGUY1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/COROLLAGUY1)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-integra-driver-side-squeal-broken-wheel-stud-suspension/108075/10 "2017-09-27T13:17:59Z")
Is it possible to post a sound clip? This is what the seized caliper(driver side) sounded like on my car. ---
**Author:** ![MarkyMayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@MarkyMayhem](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MarkyMayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-integra-driver-side-squeal-broken-wheel-stud-suspension/108075/11 "2017-09-27T13:55:30Z")
I don’t have a sound clip but it is very similar to that except for louder and worse. When I think about it the only rotating assemblies that show any wear consistant with a constant sound - the glazing on the rotor. Had semi matching glazing on the pads - sanded that off. Brake action is fine, pad wear is fine - but they could be just seized enough to drag a bit. ---
**Author:** ![COROLLAGUY1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/corollaguy1/32/7575_2.png) [@COROLLAGUY1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/COROLLAGUY1)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-integra-driver-side-squeal-broken-wheel-stud-suspension/108075/12 "2017-09-27T15:34:42Z")
Exactly! I caught mine just in time before it got worst. The rubber boot around the caliper piston had a little tear in it,just enough to let water in and corrode the internal part of the piston.I bought a reman caliper(without the pads mounting bracket) for $40 and installed it myself. Took me 10 minutes including bleeding the brake line. ---
**Author:** ![MarkyMayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@MarkyMayhem](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MarkyMayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-integra-driver-side-squeal-broken-wheel-stud-suspension/108075/13 "2017-09-27T17:07:43Z")
I got the new stud by carving a littlee Groove in the hub and a bit off the stud. Looks like my rear brakes are really making the gnarly noise hopefully some new pads some hard breaking some sandpaper and a new upper control arm on the driver side will help me in business ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-integra-driver-side-squeal-broken-wheel-stud-suspension/108075/14 "2017-09-28T03:35:39Z")
Is it a super-difficult job to remove the hub on your Integra? It seems like you have to remove the caliper and rotor anyway to renew the brakes, and once the caliper & rotor are off maybe it is easier overall to just pull the hub and replace the affected studs on the work bench, no need to compromise the hub or the replacement studs. Remember that the hub and studs are part of the wheel’s rotating ass’y, and any effect on the weight balance on those parts may cause a vibration. ---
**Author:** ![MarkyMayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@MarkyMayhem](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MarkyMayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-integra-driver-side-squeal-broken-wheel-stud-suspension/108075/15 "2017-09-28T05:22:14Z")
just a heads up I’ve got everything sorted. ended up grinding a slot in the spindle edge and a flat on the stud head. vibrations smibration - if & when I have a problem with it, or need a wheel bearing, I’ll do it “right” - this is a major budget car right now… squeal - broken abs sensor hitting the back of a rear hub. a prybar fixed it for now (no impact screedriver to get the rotor screws off) Both rear calipers are bad off - the pads / brakes weren’t even doing any braking. Got one side loose & retracted. Other side… Need a caliper… Tomorrow - PS pressure line, and I’ll pretty much be rockin. Gonna try for a 'yard caliper before I get a new one - car stops WAY better than my datsun as is, and I’ve never had abs in my life, so that sensor can wait too! -Mark ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-integra-driver-side-squeal-broken-wheel-stud-suspension/108075/16 "2017-09-28T22:13:29Z")
Good for you. Best of luck, and Keep on truckin’ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MarkyMayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@MarkyMayhem](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MarkyMayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-integra-driver-side-squeal-broken-wheel-stud-suspension/108075/17 "2017-09-29T02:17:19Z")
just finished a pressure hose replacement with hopefully all the parts some zip ties some cut in half rubber bushings that fit inside some of the clamp thingies brackets whatever you want to call them. I’ve got seven hundred into a $400 car and I think I’m good to go an extra beater or at least another 50 60 thousand miles. one of these days I’ll grab a rear caliper passenger side no wait driver side but it breaks like I said better than any of my other vehicle so guess what not going to worry about it love the fact that I can get a so-called hot inspection