"motsco_ _" <"motsco_ _"@interbaun.com> wrote in message
news:428CB6F1.40503@interbaun.com...
> Tim wrote:
>> I have a 2001 civic and when I start driving in the morning I hear Metal
>> sounding Ca-Chunk, It happens after about 1000 ft or so. Also I notice
>> when I am driving less than 10 MPH and idol forward I can hear a repeated
>> Metal sounding Thump. Just wondering if anyone may know what this may be
>> before I take it in for service and get hosed since I have no idea what
>> it is. Is almost sounds like when you run over a rock and it comes up
>> and hits the underside of the car.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
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>
> Does it mention in your Owner's Manual that the ABS system will make a
> noise when your vehicle first starts out in the morning?
>
> You might want to get out your tire iron and check all lug nuts too,
> seriously :-)
>
> 'Curly'
>

Tim, 'Curly' isn't pulling your leg. It probably isn't the lugs, but if it
*is* don't expect any clearer warning before your wheel comes off while
you're going down the road. Checking them is quick, cheap and easy. Your
choice.

Several years ago I left work to find the drive blocked by a Caddy. The
guard said the driver was making a U-turn and the front wheel collapsed -
broken ball joint. The guard had asked her if the car had been shaking and
shimmying when crossing railroad tracks, and she answered, "Yeah! Just like
that!"

Mike