clicking noise on '68

[Ronald Parent <janenron@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark,
My 68 hubcaps made noise but I could hear it when I shook it so I siliconed
the centers a little and that was the end of the noise.Your tire guy must
have used Caddy wieghts the wieghts are usally marked,just mark the location
of the wieght on the tire and put normal wieghts in their place no need to
rebalance or remove the tires.Good luck
                                 Ron

Mark McDonald wrote:

> Hi folks.  Ever since I put those amazing new Wondertires on my '68 I
> have noticed a strange clicking coming from the left front side
> (driver's side) wheel.  It sounds almost like a very small stone caught
> inside the hubcap, but it's not.
>
> I have removed the hubcap and the sound goes away, so I'm convinced it
> has something to do with the hubcap.  But I have shaken the living
> daylights out of the hubcap itself and nothing happens.  No sound.  So I
> don't think anything is loose on the hubcap--??
>
> I asked them to put the balancing weights on the inside rim of the wheel
> and the guy put them on the outside rim, but reversed, so that the
> weight itself is under the hubcap.  That makes me think that the weight
> is somehow preventing the little springlike claws in the hubcap from
> digging in firmly, and as the wheel turns that causes a slight clicking
> noise.  But that's just a guess.
>
> Anybody ever experience this?  It's driving me nuts.  Imperial wheels
> should not go "tick-tick-tick" when they turn.
>
> Thanks, Mark
>