1980 SC. Been driving the car for a few hundred miles since getting it back on the road last year, after it sat for about 25. I had it at a shop for a few months, which did quite a bit of work on it (top end rebuild, new rear axles, clutch, etc.). They also put the brakes back on the car; I took them off some years earlier to have them rebuilt.
When I was driving it the other day, a buddy pointed out that it was making a ticking noise up front. Hadn’t noticed it at all before, but as I listened for it, I could hear it too. It sounded like a rock in a front tire; it sped up and slowed down with the speed of the car.
So I drove it again tonight and then brought it back to get it up on jackstands. This is what I found when I spun both front wheels, first the driver side, then the passenger.
There’s something definitely dragging. On the drivers side, it noticeably slows the wheel when it drags. The passenger side is more or less consistent, and there is sort of a tick-tick on that side. It’s subtle, but it’s there, and that would explain why I couldn’t hear it that clearly and my passenger could.
What am I looking at here? I haven’t pulled the wheels off yet; that’s my project for tomorrow. But I haven’t seen any unusual wear on the rotors, just on a cursory look. There also is nothing foreign in the tires.
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