Miata Mailing List: July 1996, Message #106
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   From: Peter Villadsen 
Subject: Squeaking and clicking noises
   Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 05:47:59 -0400

Hello All,

My ’90 miata has developed a strange squeaking noise from the front 
wheel (or maybe just the left front wheel) when braking. The problem 
only occurs when the brakes have been used for a while and have reached 
their proper working temperature.

Note that the car has no trouble braking at all, it does so without any 
yanking of the wheel to one side or anything like that. If I activate 
the brakes hard the noise seems to go away for a while.

You may argue that it’s not a major problem, and sure, I can live with 
the noise, but when I experienced brake failure in my father’s old 
Volvo, I promised myself that I would not let that happen to me again.

Also, ever since the car had its 100.000 km checkup, there has been a 
clicking noise in the radio. The clicking frequency is proportional with 
the engine speed. This is obviously radio interference (it does not 
happen when listening to a tape and is less pronounced on weaker 
stations), but where does it come from? Could it possibly be another 
manifestation of defective spark plug wires?

If anyone has any bright ideas, I sure would appreciate knowing about it


Greetings from Denmark, where, contrary to popular belief, polar bears 
absolutely do NOT roam the streets.

Regards

Peter Villadsen
Software engineer
petv@dd.dk