# Clicking noise from area of a wheel

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-noise-from-area-of-a-wheel/15963>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** noises, wheels\
**Created:** [June 28, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-noise-from-area-of-a-wheel/15963 "2008-06-28T15:47:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![dialM4mayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@dialM4mayhem](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dialM4mayhem)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-noise-from-area-of-a-wheel/15963/1 "2008-06-28T15:47:02Z")

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Today, June 28, 2008, you advised a caller to have her brake rotor checked due to clicking sound that changes fequency with the speed of the car. What she described sounded more like the noise caused by a pebble stuck in the tire tread.

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**Author:** ![irlandes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5e925/32.png) [@irlandes](https://community.cartalk.com/u/irlandes)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clicking-noise-from-area-of-a-wheel/15963/2 "2008-07-02T00:56:53Z")

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I have heard the same sound on an older car, and it went away when I pulled off the hub cap, which apparently was flexing as the wheel turned.