# Rear wheel clicking at low speed

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-wheel-clicking-at-low-speed/72748>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 30, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-wheel-clicking-at-low-speed/72748 "2012-05-30T19:33:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Takem01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@Takem01](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Takem01)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-wheel-clicking-at-low-speed/72748/1 "2012-05-30T19:33:55Z")

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Having a problem with my 2000 Expedition AWD/4WD. When I’m braking to a stop, there’s a metallic clicking coming from my LR wheel. Doesn’t matter if brakes are applied or it’s rolling free. Starts at about 8 mph and stops at around 2-3. Had a broken parking brake cable, but clicking is still there after replacement. What’s next? Wheel speed sensor, perhaps?

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-wheel-clicking-at-low-speed/72748/2 "2012-05-30T19:59:10Z")

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If equipped with wheel covers, remove the cover and the stone trapped behind it…If equipped with alloy wheels, have the wheel bearings checked…

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**Author:** ![RemcoW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/remcow/32/2471_2.png) [@RemcoW](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RemcoW)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-wheel-clicking-at-low-speed/72748/3 "2012-05-30T21:48:37Z")

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Along with Caddy, it could be that someone played a joke on you and put pebbles in your hubcaps. It is a common April fool’s joke, if that’s when you started noticing it.