[Healeys] Rattling noise on hard acceleration

[Alan Seigrist]

Ron -

Hearing this, I'd reccomend taking both drums off and inspecting the
bearing hubs to make sure they are bolted on TIGHT.  If loose, not
only dangerous, but may be causing the symptoms you are talking about.

Alan

On 5/1/09, Ron Ray <ronald-ray at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Jerry,
>
> Are you referring to the nuts that secure the emergency brake handle
> assembly?
>
> The noise I have appears to come from the right rear, and only occurs on
> right hand turns, at any speed.
> It sounds like a intermediate rubbing or a skipping.
>
> Like Peter, everything has been checked and tightened with ho luck in
> eliminating the noise.
> The differential was rebuilt and all wheel bearings replaced about 2 years
> ago.
> U-joints are around 4 years old.
>
> Ron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Oudesluys
> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 3:42 AM
> To: Peter Schauss
> Cc: healeys at Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Rattling noise on hard acceleration
>
> Exhaust rattling against the frame or rearaxle somewhere?
> Kees Oudesluijs
>
> Peter Schauss schreef:
>> I have had a number of good suggestions, most of which I have checked out.
>>
>> -  Broken spring or loose spring clip - None of my spring leaves were
>> broken.  I did find a loose clip and tightened it but that made no
>> difference.
>>
>> -  Rear spring U-bolts - They are ok.
>>
>> -  Rear shocks - They are tight.
>>
>> -  Drive shaft contacting the hand brake cable - It was not.
>>
>> -  Drive shaft contacting the nuts which hold the hand brake lever - It
> was
>> not.  There were no obvious shiny spots on the on the drive shaft to
>> indicate that it had been hitting anything.
>>
>> -  Splines on the wheel and hub extension - These are OK.
>>
>> -  U-joints on the driveshaft - I don't feel any play in the drive shaft.
>> What should I be looking for here?
>>
>> -  Rear wheel bearings - I don't feel any play there and they don't make
> any
>> noise when I spin the rear wheels by hand.  Is there any other way to
> check
>> them without taking them apart?
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>>
>> - Peter Schauss
>> 1963 BJ7
>> 1980 MGB
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-
>>> bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Costanzo
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:07 AM
>>> To: healeys at Autox.Team.Net
>>> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Rattling noise on hard acceleration
>>>
>>> I had a noise like that also.  The nuts that hold on the brake are
>>> supposed
>>> to be half height nuts.  I had on a full nut and on heavy accelleration
>>> and
>>> or right turns, it rubbed on the drive shaft.
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Alan

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