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emilystewart
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• Louisville, KY, USA |
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• Registered on 8/9/2012 |
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 Posted:8/9/2012 10:36 |
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Going through a drivethru about three days ago, I noticed a loud \\\\\\"flapping\\\\\\" sound coming from the left rear of the car and matching the speed of the wheel rotation.
I don\\'t know much about cars, but when I got home, I took a look under the car just to see if anything was different on the left side versus the right. On the interior of the wheel, there was a coily-looking thing that didn\\\\\\'t seem to match up quite right to a metal plate. There was a black tube coming from the frontal area of the car that fed through this metal plate and through this coil into the wheel. I\\\\\\'m thinking it must be a brake line? Anyway, it seems like the coil snapped off from the metal plate or got jostled out of place. It was still compressed (meeting up with the plate)/springy, but out of place and bending slightly toward the interior of the car rather than slightly outward toward the wheel (like the one on the other side did). I just sort of snapped it back into place to see if that would fix the noise. I think I was right because it did.
Today, however, I noticed the same sound, only much lighter. I think my quick fix will not hold up and that whatever this metal coil is, it will need to be either replaced or put back into place by a professional, but I don\\\\\\'t really have the money for a car repair right now and want to see if I absolutely have to get this done. Problem is, I cannot figure out anywhere online exactly what this part is. I took a picture, but unfortunately it won\\\\\\'t attach to this website.
It is a coily thing on the bottom half of the interior side of the left rear wheel of my 1999 Crown Vic. It is completely visible without removing the wheel or doing anything to the car - just lying on my back under the car, I can see it. The brake line appears to run through it. Any ideas out there? |
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Posted:8/9/2012 11:14 |
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Without a picture that sounds like the spring that runs around the outside of the break line and anchors to the caliper. It's main purpose is to keep the break line from kinking and/or touching the wheel during movement.
With the rear breaks it could also be related to your parking break.
I will see if I can jump under mine this evening to get some pics for you.
Either way these are both pretty important for safety reasons so you do want to make sure the issue is fixed right. Hopefully we just need to reconnect something and you are back in business. |
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