"clicking" noise ONLY when turning right

[loubapache]

I just replaced my snow tires with summer tires on the 87 300TD (all tires have their own wheels so it is really a wheel/tire swap).

After the tire replacement, the car has a "clicking" kind of noise ONLY when turning to the right from the right rear wheel. The wheels and lug bolts are original. It sounds like a little rock is caught in the wheel.

I had one tire went flat due to a nail last fall just after I revomed it and put on snow tires. The shop could not pull the whole nail out so they pushed it into the tire and then put a plug in there. But I am not sure if it was that tire. But that is not a very probable cause as the noise is only there when turning.

I may put one snow tire and wheel back to see if the noise disappears.

Any experience?

TIA.

[per eriksson]

Take off the wheel and take a flashlight and check so that the parking brake assembly inside the brakedisc haven't come loose.

If that's the caes you will most likely see some shiny spots where the end of the lugbolts have made contact.
Thightening up the adjustment was sufficent in my case.

[ke6dcj]

It could also be a rear wheel bearing going bad.

:-) neil

[loubapache]

per eriksson and ke6dcj, thanks.

it would be quite co-incidence for this to happen right after a wheel/tire swap.

[per eriksson]

It can be a small difference in how much the bolts protrude into the hub.

Very likely to occur when changing wheels.

[loubapache]

The noise was due to slightly too long lug bolts. Interestingly enough, these were the same OEM bolts used before the winter but I guess a few are a bit too long (not by much) therefore the noise.

I took off the left rear wheel and saw the lug bolts had a little bit of shinny marks. I used a file to smooth them out and the noise is gone now.