scubanikki

The ''fan'' sound is completely different then the 'clunking' sound when I slowly turn my car...
I just didn't know if I'd get any replies, so I just asked the one question hehe *blushes*

Brettus

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hmmm - could be more serious . Some of the testing stations here have devices that wiggle the whole car around so you can look for movement in the suspension etc . Perhaps your dealer does not have the right equipment to check it properly .
You should go elsewhere

scubanikki

I have nowhere else to go..... Could it possibly be the summer tires? I don't recall the "Thunking and jerking'' movements when I had my winters on...

xun4gvn4everx

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In reference to the clunking sound, does it do it when you turn left and right or just one direction?

af7mn

Is the clunk in the back or the front?

scubanikki

It does the 'Clunking' sound when I'm literally almost at a stop, or slowly yielding. Doesn't matter which way I turn. Today, I noticed it sounded like it was coming from the front drivers side.. it's a 'Ga-Dunk Ga-Dunk' sound hahaha.. soo hard to tell you what I mean...owell..*sighs*

xun4gvn4everx

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So when was the last time you changed your brakes?

xun4gvn4everx

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I ask the question because it seems that this occurs when you are brakeing

scubanikki

Yeah.... I can't remember when the last time I changed them *Gulp* never.. BUUUUUT I haven't had the car long.. and the dealership said I have to change them in a little while.. It's sad.. I live by the word of the dealership..
Question!!--- Should I go to the dealer to change them,.. or are they easy to change?

scubanikki

Oh, It's not when I'm braking I can have no feet on the pedals and when I'm slowly going forward (slight turn) it does the EVIL thunk...

xun4gvn4everx

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For starters, with almost 50,000 miles, you need to change your pads. Second, it is hard to say for sure without hearing the sound, but the inner rear passanger side brake pad has a metal bar which rubs on your caliber when the brakes are going bad. The sound is repetative and goes on and off. It is higher pitched. Even if you are not braking, if you have recently braked, your master cylinder is still depressed so the metal warning bar will still rub on your caliber.

scubanikki

Thank-you !! You've been a major help !!

04RX8man

brakes are easy to change...as easy as taking the wheel off and one caliper bolt...slide the oldpads out...slide new in and depress the caliper piston and reinstall and after a nice pedal pump you're ready to go..

scubanikki

......................... I'll pull the typical girl role and leave it to the men.! hehe Thanks though!

xun4gvn4everx

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So does that sound like the sound you are hearing? Cause you said a "clunking" sound, and we all have different definitions of sounds. Answering your price question, there are quite a few guys in Canada with 8's, so get them to do it. Do not go to the stealership unless nothing else seems to work

Brettus

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You need to figure out precisely under what conditions this occurs then take the dealers mechanic for a test drive with you driving so you can replicate it for them .

scubanikki

It's a ''Kadunk'' sound.. lol now say 'Ka-dunk ' out loud.. and that's what the sound is!
any guys in Canada.. Alberta.. willing to go for a test drive ? lol

Vlaze

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I'm trying not to laugh too hard at that last statement and quote it....

Brettus

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sounds like a plan . I would do it for you if you lived anywhere near

RIWWP

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Also check your lug nuts, make sure they are tight. I bet one or more is loose. I had a 'clunking' sound of the wheel hitting the hub as it rotated at an angle, with the weight of the car pushing the wheel itself around on the lug bolts. Yeah, that wheel came off and went rolling past me later that night. (old car, shop's fault). I recognized it again as loose lug nuts on the PA turnpike when I heard a clunking sound under slight turns in time to pull over and get them re-tightened, 1 of the 5 lug nuts there (my Protege5, my fault) was almost completely off, the other 4 worked looser than finger tight.

Going straight, the wheel will stay in generally the same place on the lug bolts, turning hard, the force will hold the wheel either totally in or totally out. slight turns will make it oscillate on the lug bolts and could easily be a 'clunk'.

Get that checked too. You can check it easy, no need for a dealer.

Vlaze

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Ah.. I couldn't help it.... my new sig!

xun4gvn4everx

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There are quite a few, just look in the Canada region threads.

af7mn

Vlaze, your a manly man who thinks all chicks have pink toolboxes if they have any toolbox at all.....

Connecticut is close to Canada...Go help her out.

scubanikki

Well, I did put on the nuts myself.... I will most definitely check them before I go on my trip! It's hard when you don't have big muscles lol-- I'll try though Thanks for the help!
I gotta go to bed---- Thanks for helping I will check the lug nuts, and change my brakes ASAP.
THANK YOU!
and I guess. RX-8's are still sweet cars

Vlaze

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And you're a woman who takes things I say too anally? ^_^ I won't go further....

Staying on the point, I would but that's a farrr drive.