# Rear tire

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-tire/18456>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [August 21, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-tire/18456 "2008-08-21T05:02:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![fire18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3bc359/32.png) [@fire18](https://community.cartalk.com/u/fire18)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-tire/18456/1 "2008-08-21T05:02:56Z")

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My driverside rear tire is making a squeky/clicking sound whem the tire makes a rotation. It sounds like it is coming from the wheel well area.

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**Author:** ![Dave\_G](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dave_g/32/768_2.png) [@Dave\_G](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dave_G)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 10:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-tire/18456/2 "2008-08-21T10:03:38Z")

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Does the noise go away or change when you pull up on the emergency brake, or press on the brake pedal slightly?

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**Author:** ![edb1961](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/edb1961/32/122_2.png) [@edb1961](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edb1961)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-tire/18456/3 "2008-08-21T12:56:27Z")

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If you have a plastic wheel cover, remove it and see if the clicking stops. More info would be helpful; make, model, year, front or rear wheel drive, mileage, etc.

Ed B.

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**Author:** ![Wendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wendall](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Wendall)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-tire/18456/4 "2011-06-21T16:54:44Z")

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I just got my 2003 T-Bird washed and waxed - first time in months, I’m embarrassed to say. When I picked it up last night, the right rear wheel is now making a clicking sound - like something is attached to the tire as it rotates. I looked at it with a flashlight and saw corroded metal along the inside rim of just that tire. A one inch piece broke off in my hand. I cut my finger on a larger piece that is obviously a thick metal that will not break off. Is this the source of the clicking? What does this corrosion mean?

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**Author:** ![chaissos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/chaissos/32/2347_2.png) [@chaissos](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chaissos)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-tire/18456/5 "2011-06-21T19:25:29Z")

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If you’re not sure what it is, I’d get it to a tire shop, and ask them. This doesn’t sound like a safe vehicle anymore.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-tire/18456/6 "2011-06-21T20:45:53Z")

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It means you need to have a knowledgable shop remove and evaluate your wheels ASAP!!!

It’s possible that the castings were overly pourous and you have other problems ready to develop…like having a piece break off of a wheel from resultant corrosion the next time you go on the highway. Until you find out overwise, consider these wheels unsafe. For was having a problem with wheel porosity for a period of years. It caused slow leaks. I’m speculating that your wheels may be some of the bad ones.