Weird one: Rear clattering/grinding noise ONLY in tight right turns under throttle.
11-01-2015, 08:33 PM
#1
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Weird one: Rear clattering/grinding noise ONLY in tight right turns under throttle.
Not if I'm off the throttle, not when turning left. Just started abruptly a couple of days ago.
I'd think the fact that it doesn't do it when I'm not applying power would rule out both the rear suspension and the wheel bearing. Rear differential wear?
I'd think the fact that it doesn't do it when I'm not applying power would rule out both the rear suspension and the wheel bearing. Rear differential wear?
11-02-2015, 09:50 AM
#2
Senior Moderator
Sounds familiar. Search for "noise turning".
11-02-2015, 10:39 AM
#3
VTC on J series?
11-02-2015, 10:49 AM
#4
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
11-02-2015, 11:03 AM
#5
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Thanks, 007. No luck. I had tried to search the threads before posting -- I always do that as a courtesy to other posters so I don't waste their time -- with different search terms. Tried it again with your logical suggestion, but alas, both searches turned up nothing.
11-04-2015, 09:19 AM
#6
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Happy ending, I think: Amazing Chicago-area Acura technician saves my ass.
Through this board, I found a shop owner who used to be an Acura dealership tech until he apparently got disgusted with their customer treatment and hung out his own shingle down the street. The guy's name is Drew, and his shop is the Pit Shop in Libertyville, IL, a northern suburb of Chicago. Dozens of posters on his site raved about how competent, honest and non-greedy he was. They were right.
Called the guy this morning (he's 40 minutes away from me). His advice: The rear diff of the RL has two fluid chambers. When changing the fluid, many techs overlook the rear one, which has the clutches. Debris gets lodged in them and they don't close firmly, creating the noise.
He was pretty certain this was the problem. "This system is very solid. It almost never has a catastrophic failure. Honestly, I've never seen one." Advice: Replace fluid, do tight accelerating figure-eight lefts and rights until you puke to dislodge the debris, and if the noise is still there, lather-rinse-repeat. So I called my local wrench who still has the car (he's honest too and much closer to home, just not an Acura or SH-AWD specialist by his own testimony), and he's gonna try it today.
Drew gave this advice freely. Just the opposite of the usual coy "Bring it on in and we'll take a look at it," he never even tried to make a pitch for my business. He just freely shared what he knew. Incredible.
Needless to say, I'm feeling lucky today. Interesting footnote: My local guy says he has encountered the need for the exact same service procedure on the simpler AWD system of the CR-V as well.
Through this board, I found a shop owner who used to be an Acura dealership tech until he apparently got disgusted with their customer treatment and hung out his own shingle down the street. The guy's name is Drew, and his shop is the Pit Shop in Libertyville, IL, a northern suburb of Chicago. Dozens of posters on his site raved about how competent, honest and non-greedy he was. They were right.
Called the guy this morning (he's 40 minutes away from me). His advice: The rear diff of the RL has two fluid chambers. When changing the fluid, many techs overlook the rear one, which has the clutches. Debris gets lodged in them and they don't close firmly, creating the noise.
He was pretty certain this was the problem. "This system is very solid. It almost never has a catastrophic failure. Honestly, I've never seen one." Advice: Replace fluid, do tight accelerating figure-eight lefts and rights until you puke to dislodge the debris, and if the noise is still there, lather-rinse-repeat. So I called my local wrench who still has the car (he's honest too and much closer to home, just not an Acura or SH-AWD specialist by his own testimony), and he's gonna try it today.
Drew gave this advice freely. Just the opposite of the usual coy "Bring it on in and we'll take a look at it," he never even tried to make a pitch for my business. He just freely shared what he knew. Incredible.
Needless to say, I'm feeling lucky today. Interesting footnote: My local guy says he has encountered the need for the exact same service procedure on the simpler AWD system of the CR-V as well.
01-16-2016, 10:16 PM
#7
Happy ending, I think: Amazing Chicago-area Acura technician saves my ass.
Through this board, I found a shop owner who used to be an Acura dealership tech until he apparently got disgusted with their customer treatment and hung out his own shingle down the street. The guy's name is Drew, and his shop is the Pit Shop in Libertyville, IL, a northern suburb of Chicago. Dozens of posters on his site raved about how competent, honest and non-greedy he was. They were right.
Called the guy this morning (he's 40 minutes away from me). His advice: The rear diff of the RL has two fluid chambers. When changing the fluid, many techs overlook the rear one, which has the clutches. Debris gets lodged in them and they don't close firmly, creating the noise.
He was pretty certain this was the problem. "This system is very solid. It almost never has a catastrophic failure. Honestly, I've never seen one." Advice: Replace fluid, do tight accelerating figure-eight lefts and rights until you puke to dislodge the debris, and if the noise is still there, lather-rinse-repeat. So I called my local wrench who still has the car (he's honest too and much closer to home, just not an Acura or SH-AWD specialist by his own testimony), and he's gonna try it today.
Drew gave this advice freely. Just the opposite of the usual coy "Bring it on in and we'll take a look at it," he never even tried to make a pitch for my business. He just freely shared what he knew. Incredible.
Needless to say, I'm feeling lucky today. Interesting footnote: My local guy says he has encountered the need for the exact same service procedure on the simpler AWD system of the CR-V as well.
Through this board, I found a shop owner who used to be an Acura dealership tech until he apparently got disgusted with their customer treatment and hung out his own shingle down the street. The guy's name is Drew, and his shop is the Pit Shop in Libertyville, IL, a northern suburb of Chicago. Dozens of posters on his site raved about how competent, honest and non-greedy he was. They were right.
Called the guy this morning (he's 40 minutes away from me). His advice: The rear diff of the RL has two fluid chambers. When changing the fluid, many techs overlook the rear one, which has the clutches. Debris gets lodged in them and they don't close firmly, creating the noise.
He was pretty certain this was the problem. "This system is very solid. It almost never has a catastrophic failure. Honestly, I've never seen one." Advice: Replace fluid, do tight accelerating figure-eight lefts and rights until you puke to dislodge the debris, and if the noise is still there, lather-rinse-repeat. So I called my local wrench who still has the car (he's honest too and much closer to home, just not an Acura or SH-AWD specialist by his own testimony), and he's gonna try it today.
Drew gave this advice freely. Just the opposite of the usual coy "Bring it on in and we'll take a look at it," he never even tried to make a pitch for my business. He just freely shared what he knew. Incredible.
Needless to say, I'm feeling lucky today. Interesting footnote: My local guy says he has encountered the need for the exact same service procedure on the simpler AWD system of the CR-V as well.
I'm curious what was the outcome? Did it seem to stop the noise after the flush? I'm about 30 minutes from Libertyville and I'm considering taking it to this shop you mentioned since the local shops here haven't been able to properly diagnose the problem. (They said it was my rear brakes... WTF)
Trending Topics
01-17-2016, 09:36 AM
#8
Moderator
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Buffalo Grove, IL
Age: 34
Posts: 2,676
Received 612 Likes
on
490 Posts
Happy ending, I think: Amazing Chicago-area Acura technician saves my ass.
Through this board, I found a shop owner who used to be an Acura dealership tech until he apparently got disgusted with their customer treatment and hung out his own shingle down the street. The guy's name is Drew, and his shop is the Pit Shop in Libertyville, IL, a northern suburb of Chicago. Dozens of posters on his site raved about how competent, honest and non-greedy he was. They were right.
Called the guy this morning (he's 40 minutes away from me). His advice: The rear diff of the RL has two fluid chambers. When changing the fluid, many techs overlook the rear one, which has the clutches. Debris gets lodged in them and they don't close firmly, creating the noise.
He was pretty certain this was the problem. "This system is very solid. It almost never has a catastrophic failure. Honestly, I've never seen one." Advice: Replace fluid, do tight accelerating figure-eight lefts and rights until you puke to dislodge the debris, and if the noise is still there, lather-rinse-repeat. So I called my local wrench who still has the car (he's honest too and much closer to home, just not an Acura or SH-AWD specialist by his own testimony), and he's gonna try it today.
Drew gave this advice freely. Just the opposite of the usual coy "Bring it on in and we'll take a look at it," he never even tried to make a pitch for my business. He just freely shared what he knew. Incredible.
Needless to say, I'm feeling lucky today. Interesting footnote: My local guy says he has encountered the need for the exact same service procedure on the simpler AWD system of the CR-V as well.
Through this board, I found a shop owner who used to be an Acura dealership tech until he apparently got disgusted with their customer treatment and hung out his own shingle down the street. The guy's name is Drew, and his shop is the Pit Shop in Libertyville, IL, a northern suburb of Chicago. Dozens of posters on his site raved about how competent, honest and non-greedy he was. They were right.
Called the guy this morning (he's 40 minutes away from me). His advice: The rear diff of the RL has two fluid chambers. When changing the fluid, many techs overlook the rear one, which has the clutches. Debris gets lodged in them and they don't close firmly, creating the noise.
He was pretty certain this was the problem. "This system is very solid. It almost never has a catastrophic failure. Honestly, I've never seen one." Advice: Replace fluid, do tight accelerating figure-eight lefts and rights until you puke to dislodge the debris, and if the noise is still there, lather-rinse-repeat. So I called my local wrench who still has the car (he's honest too and much closer to home, just not an Acura or SH-AWD specialist by his own testimony), and he's gonna try it today.
Drew gave this advice freely. Just the opposite of the usual coy "Bring it on in and we'll take a look at it," he never even tried to make a pitch for my business. He just freely shared what he knew. Incredible.
Needless to say, I'm feeling lucky today. Interesting footnote: My local guy says he has encountered the need for the exact same service procedure on the simpler AWD system of the CR-V as well.
01-17-2016, 11:28 AM
#9
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Hey I'm having this exact problem with my 05 RL when turning left.
I'm curious what was the outcome? Did it seem to stop the noise after the flush? I'm about 30 minutes from Libertyville and I'm considering taking it to this shop you mentioned since the local shops here haven't been able to properly diagnose the problem. (They said it was my rear brakes... WTF)
I'm curious what was the outcome? Did it seem to stop the noise after the flush? I'm about 30 minutes from Libertyville and I'm considering taking it to this shop you mentioned since the local shops here haven't been able to properly diagnose the problem. (They said it was my rear brakes... WTF)
The following users liked this post:
AcuraRLegend (02-07-2016)
03-17-2016, 07:37 PM
#11
Happy ending, I think: Amazing Chicago-area Acura technician saves my ass.
Through this board, I found a shop owner who used to be an Acura dealership tech until he apparently got disgusted with their customer treatment and hung out his own shingle down the street. The guy's name is Drew, and his shop is the Pit Shop in Libertyville, IL, a northern suburb of Chicago. Dozens of posters on his site raved about how competent, honest and non-greedy he was. They were right.
Called the guy this morning (he's 40 minutes away from me). His advice: The rear diff of the RL has two fluid chambers. When changing the fluid, many techs overlook the rear one, which has the clutches. Debris gets lodged in them and they don't close firmly, creating the noise.
He was pretty certain this was the problem. "This system is very solid. It almost never has a catastrophic failure. Honestly, I've never seen one." Advice: Replace fluid, do tight accelerating figure-eight lefts and rights until you puke to dislodge the debris, and if the noise is still there, lather-rinse-repeat. So I called my local wrench who still has the car (he's honest too and much closer to home, just not an Acura or SH-AWD specialist by his own testimony), and he's gonna try it today.
Drew gave this advice freely. Just the opposite of the usual coy "Bring it on in and we'll take a look at it," he never even tried to make a pitch for my business. He just freely shared what he knew. Incredible.
Needless to say, I'm feeling lucky today. Interesting footnote: My local guy says he has encountered the need for the exact same service procedure on the simpler AWD system of the CR-V as well.
Through this board, I found a shop owner who used to be an Acura dealership tech until he apparently got disgusted with their customer treatment and hung out his own shingle down the street. The guy's name is Drew, and his shop is the Pit Shop in Libertyville, IL, a northern suburb of Chicago. Dozens of posters on his site raved about how competent, honest and non-greedy he was. They were right.
Called the guy this morning (he's 40 minutes away from me). His advice: The rear diff of the RL has two fluid chambers. When changing the fluid, many techs overlook the rear one, which has the clutches. Debris gets lodged in them and they don't close firmly, creating the noise.
He was pretty certain this was the problem. "This system is very solid. It almost never has a catastrophic failure. Honestly, I've never seen one." Advice: Replace fluid, do tight accelerating figure-eight lefts and rights until you puke to dislodge the debris, and if the noise is still there, lather-rinse-repeat. So I called my local wrench who still has the car (he's honest too and much closer to home, just not an Acura or SH-AWD specialist by his own testimony), and he's gonna try it today.
Drew gave this advice freely. Just the opposite of the usual coy "Bring it on in and we'll take a look at it," he never even tried to make a pitch for my business. He just freely shared what he knew. Incredible.
Needless to say, I'm feeling lucky today. Interesting footnote: My local guy says he has encountered the need for the exact same service procedure on the simpler AWD system of the CR-V as well.
this is awesome news! im in Island Lake, do you have a web page or phone number or any sort of link?
03-18-2016, 10:01 PM
#12
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
The following users liked this post:
Karol (03-19-2016)
04-20-2017, 12:13 PM
#13
I noticed my 05 RL started doing this on left turns, but only under power. Light acceleration and turning didn't provide the 'grinding/binding' sound and feel. I will add this to my list of things to do after replacing the stator/field coil so I can have AC. sheesh.
04-20-2017, 07:43 PM
#14
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Yep, 303, those symptoms are exactly like mine were. See above for handy instructions. And be thankful you don't drive German iron and therefore very likely don't have a seriously expensive problem. These Honda drivetrains are pretty bulletproof, especially the Japanese-built ones like ours.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
telele
Car Parts for Sale
6
03-20-2016 06:33 PM