What is the poping under neath of the IROC's. A friend of mine had his mech. take a look at it, but he said it was fine. He siad that it was normal and it was something about when they align the wheels. If this is normal what makes the actual noise?


Daniel61

hey, thanks for all that info, but you forgot just a few things,

What year, what engine, manual or automatic. is it a engine noise, transmission area noise,exhause noise, front end noise,

we do have alot of knowledge here, but we are still working out the bugs in the Psychic thing yet. but hey , once we get that nailed down, we can email you your answer before you post the question! http://www.camaros.net/forum/wink.gif

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Check your trans mount!!!

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Sorry I was trying to type that as fast as possible. It is when I turn the steering wheel pretty far both ways.

Oops!! Never mind!!

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Is the noise comming from the front or back? When you turn a sharp corner the posi in the rear may be popping when the clutch slips. You may need to change the oil and put in some posi additive. If it's comming from the front then I have no idea.

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Without hearing more of your symptoms, you might want to check your ball joints and /or A arm bushings. Any wear on those and you can expect some weird noises.

check the power steering pump, if it's loose then when you crank the wheel hard, the belt will jerk it and cause it to bang against the engine. usually it makes more of a grinding noise. the tranny mount is usually under acceleration. I would check all the joint on the front end of the car and the posi check wouldn't be a bad idea after so many years of use anyway.

If it is what I think you are talking about, then my van does that too. It makes kind of a farting noise when the wheels are cranked far to either side... If this is the case, it is nothing to worry about. It is just a noise that seems to come from the pump, and really doesn't do any harm. People might look at you weird when you turn sharply, that's about it. This has been going on in my van for nearly 3 years now without incedent, and it apparently did the same thing for the owner before me too. Even my dad's truck, which he has had since 1995, makes a weird noise from the power steering pump, and it has not malfunctioned at all yet.

My 92 does it too. Its almost like a CV joint click when doing hard slow turn. I always though it was my center caps, but I have never pulled them to check it.

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I have to second the ball-joint idea. If they are dried out they will make sort of a strange noise at times.

To answer the questions the noise is coming from the front. If it was a C/V joint or something like that don't you think that a mech. would say that it was bad? There has been two of them look at the car saying that it is normal.


daniel61

I agree with the ball joint idea. I would take a closer look. If it has something to do with the alignment it could definetely be a ball joint. Maybe the mechanics noticed the problem and thought you could go a ways before it would become a problem that would need to be replaced. It couldn't be cv-joints because your car is rear wheel drive and doesn't have them. Mark was just using the sound they make as a reference. Good luck with it.