Ticking Noise from my front Caliper. Good news and bad news. Love to get your thoughts.

DennisMo · 2026-07-30T18:26:34-0600

There is a rotational regular ticking sound from my front caliper. I lifted the front wheel and (good news) found the cause by rotating the wheel.

The disc is true on the front hub. But, bad news, the front hub right hand side is not running rotationally true. It is has wobble that translates to make the disc move.
Rough guess is that there is at least 10 thou plus of wobble. The edge of the disc is visibly moving in a vertical plane with wheel rotation. ie in line with the wheel

I replaced all the front bearings a couple of years ago and the ticking did not go away or reduce.
I replaced front pads 3 times and tick did not go away. (There were two low quality caliber seal kits....)

If I rotate the front spindle 180 degrees and retighten while front wheel lifted, there is no tick for a few miles, then it comes back.

I will pull it apart in a few months and look for bearing outer races not tight and for spindle loose in bearing inner race.

Has anyone run across this before? Love to get advice!

Thanks
Dennis

Stephen Hill · 2026-07-30T20:38:20-0600

Which side is the disk on, left or right?

Torontonian · 2026-07-30T21:25:08-0600

Corrosion or dirt under the disc fixing points studs . Remove disc , clean up and evenly torque down again .
Spin the wheel on a Truing stand and tighten any loose spokes .
Inspect bearings are fully seated home . Use heat gun to hub to press firmly bearings home .

DennisMo · 2026-07-30T21:57:43-0600

disc is on the right side

DennisMo · 2026-07-30T22:00:29-0600

The hub is not running true so it cant be caliper mount or disc mounting. Nor the spokes etc.

Should it not be that tightening the spindle nut pulls the bearings tight within their outer race housings?

Dennis

Torontonian · 2026-07-30T22:25:23-0600

DennisMo said:
The hub is not running true so it cant be caliper mount or disc mounting. Nor the spokes etc.

Should it not be that tightening the spindle nut pulls the bearings tight within their outer race housings?

Dennis

No , if they are not fully home seated into the hub . Did you install them frozen cold and heat the hub hot with a heat gun ?

cliffa · 2026-07-30T23:54:31-0600

DennisMo said:
There is a rotational regular ticking sound from my front caliper. I lifted the front wheel and (good news) found the cause by rotating the wheel.

The disc is true on the front hub. But, bad news, the front hub right hand side is not running rotationally true. It is has wobble that translates to make the disc move.
Rough guess is that there is at least 10 thou plus of wobble. The edge of the disc is visibly moving in a vertical plane with wheel rotation. ie in line with the wheel

I replaced all the front bearings a couple of years ago and the ticking did not go away or reduce.
I replaced front pads 3 times and tick did not go away. (There were two low quality caliber seal kits....)

If I rotate the front spindle 180 degrees and retighten while front wheel lifted, there is no tick for a few miles, then it comes back.

I will pull it apart in a few months and look for bearing outer races not tight and for spindle loose in bearing inner race.

Has anyone run across this before? Love to get advice!

Thanks
Dennis

Have a look at the caliper where the tangs hang down. Mine is worn so the tangs can move and create a click as the wheel rotates. (Assuming you have a standard caliper).

L.A.B. · 2026-07-31T00:41:10-0600

Torontonian said:
No , if they are not fully home seated into the hub

But note that only one bearing is seated in the hub the other is seated against the distance tube and they must be fitted in the correct order hub bearing first. See manual.

Ticking Noise from my front Caliper. Good news and bad news. Love to get your thoughts.

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