1965 300 clicking noise from rear

[Hunter]

hey all. This is my first post. I've had 1 b bodies and several lx platform cars and 2 rams.

My new toy is a 1965 Chrysler 300 4dr sedan. 383 4bbl.
It's been driving me crazy. There is a clicking noise coming from the rear end. Originally it was both sides but the driver side was louder, and I suspected wheel bearings. I have replaced both wheel bearings and set axle end play. This seems to of cure the driver side but the passenger side still clicks. It is a speed relative metallic click,clank clicking noise. I ran the car on jack stands and it doesn't click. I took the wheels off and cAnt replicate the sound and it is driving me insane. Please help me!

 

[Polara_500]

Are you running wheel covers? If so run without them as a check.

 

[Hunter]

I am. You mean hubcaps right? I did a test drive without them and couldn't hear it but upon putting it back on and the wheel skirt I heard it on the way home from my dads.
What would the hubcap be making a clicking sound?

 

[BigblueC]

What would the hubcap be making a clicking sound?

One of my caps (wheel cover) did that one time. My problem was the ring/spring clamp that holds the medallion in the center had come loose. Drove me nuts. I figured it out after a highway trip. Got home and the medallion fell into the cap. Simple fix, just put everything back in it's place. Hopefully that's your problem.

 

[Davea Lux]

Pull the wheel cover off and shake it, if the medallion is loose, you should be able to hear it click/rattle.

Dave

 

[Polara_500]

And another thought, the tabs that hold the cap in place can be not tight enough and allow the entire cap to flex in/out as the wheel flexes, particularly on turns., this can also cause a clicking noise.

 

[LatPeahy]

My 65 New Yorker does the same thing. I’ll have to look into that

 

[Hunter]

That's great info. Thanks everyone. Problem solved clicking gone. Now the car looks clapped out with steel wheels.

 

[Polara_500]

Great. Now you can go to work with a plier, judiciously, and tweak the mounting tabs so they'll grab tightly and/or tighten the medallion mounting if that was it so you can put 'em back on.

 

[Hunter]

I'm considering some police style wheels or some hurst dazzler gold wheels.
Even maybe red powder coat the factory wheels before I get new tires. Possibilities are endless.