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Old 08-24-12, 08:35 PM
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need wheel help asap

Long story short, my rx7 had stock supra wheels on it and today I had the tires transferred back to the stock Mazda wheels. It now makes a clicking sound from the rear drivers wheel when in forward but not reverse. After driving for a bit it sounds like something is dragging but nothing is. I put the spare wheel on and it clicks in both. Does it sound like sometbig will break if I drove home on it or should I tow it ?
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I am gonna let this Thread stay.However go back and read the stickies.Post up in that thread,as read,to verify you were there.
Now,the Problem That it MAY be,If I can remember correctly(As I am not an FB Guy) is that the wheel bolts are too long.
the Fb's came with short and long wheel bolts.If you use the long ones they will hit on the inside of the brakes and cause a ticking.
Just to verify that you can loosen the wheel bolts off and spin the wheels (car jacked up of course) and see if that ticking goes away.
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Sorry if I posted I'm the wrong section, I was just freaking out. But I ended up driving the car back and few blocks to the shop and left it there over night. I went back up this morning and they are gonna check it again.

It just didn't make any sense because it only did it when going forward. Then I put the spare on and it did it in reverse also. Put the original back on and only in forward motion again.

These wheels are the original oem Mazda wheels. It could possibly be different wheel bolts though. I don't know about that because the supra wheels are from the previous owner and the car never made those noises with the supra wheels on it.
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