Hoping someone could give me some insight.

After a spirited drive last night with my new wheels/tires, Today I've been noticing an intermittent rubbing noise from my rear left wheel/tire. I've been driving on the wheels and tires for about 3 weeks with no issues till now. I didn't hit any potholes etc. The noise seems to be relative to the wheel speed, and only happens at a certain point during the rotation. It seems to happen at all speeds, and is very quite, but audible.

I removed the wheel and looked around for any evidence of contact, with no luck. Fender liners look untouched. Brake pads still have meat, however the rotors are forming a small lip. Any suggestion on what this could be?

The tire size is 315/25/19.

Thanks!

 

Is it a metallic scraping noise? If so, it might be your parking brake shoes inside the rear wheel hub.

 

Tire hitting intercooler hose with the bigger tires?

 

Check your tire pressure.

 

Looked, and no apparent signs of contact.

 

Just took it out and checked by pulling up the e brake lever gradually, no change in noise.


WOW, can't believe I didn't think to check! The corner making the noise is down about 10 psi. Gonna fill it again now and post the results.

 

Refilled the tires, the noise is drastically quieter, however can still be vaguely heard. It's so quiet, I'm almost questioning if it's been there the whole time.

Any other ideas?

 

I'd give it a few days, putting some miles on it. If you've been driving on low air for some time the tire needs to "wear" itself in.

 

Will do. Considering how quiet the noise is, I don't think it's too serious at this point in time. I just want to avoid this potentially "harmless" noise from snowballing into a more serious issue. A stitch in time...