CU2 - Slow Grinding Noise from Wheel?

[Neilz]

Hey!

Has anyone starting to notice a weird 'grinding' sound as you slowly cruise say around 10Km/h?

i cant figure it out as at the moment im interstate and the only one here atm :P

if i go fast it does get faster so im thinking it touching on one part of the wheel/car... cant pinpoint it but as i drive close to a wall sounds like its coming from the front right wheel.

At normal driving speeds i cant hear this as i only picked up on this when i went through fast food drive thru..

i have not dont any mods to the car or thrashed it passed 4000rpm.. so i checked for rocks or whatever that may have gone near the brake callipers etc.

any idea guys?

[senna]

Can be a couple of things, possibly handbrake drag - this is the most common cause across a range of vehicles. Aside from that check for clearance around all discs - jack up each corner and see if you can isolate the noise

[BigBen]

how many kms on the clock.

Could be the brakes dragging or a wheel bearing or worse a CV joint.

BTW - your not doing any favours by NOT taking the engine pass 4000rpm.

[Neilz]

3221 on the clock...

at the moment im not taking it past 4k as im trying to see my mileage atm..

[BigBen]

take it to Honda service dept.

BTW - you've done 3k and hardly see 4k rpm, your not doing the engine any good.

[Neilz]

is 210km/h good for the engine?

[BigBen]

These engines are design to be reved. I've got motor bike engines that revs 16,000rpm or even 25,000rpm and have owned a turbo Busa bike that has 390hp on the back wheels. All motors needs to be operated though out the rev range. All my motors don't blow smoke and has quite a bit of km on them and never once had I need to open her up.

You do more damage by lugging it and baby the motor.

[longers]

From my past experience, it might be a small rock stuck between the rotor and its' cover. So just push the cover back a little to see if anything falls out.

[curtis265]

loose wheel nut

[henrii]

i have the same problem, seems to be coming from the front passenger side.

[tony1234]

Try taking the rim of the side that the noise is coming from and have a look at the metal surround that sits around the rotor,spin the rotor and see if it's touching anywhere.

[egcarbz]

yeh, most likely its a small rock that wedged itself inside, you might have to take out the wheels and find that little rock, and yank it out, it happened to my euro 5 mths ago too.