M5 gurus I need an explanation

soooma · 02-09-2015, 11:51 PM

After battling with Ticking rotors for a year with local helpless clueless Hendrick BMW techs who spent probably 5k on the car to get rid of it and always came back!!

Had my front almost bald treadless tires replaced by Brand new ones AND TO MY TOTAL SURPRISE TICKING IS GONE completely and can't reproduce it for about 2 weeks now!!

Any logical explanations ?

Don't forget I got the ticking since 5k miles

PhilT3 · 02-09-2015, 11:59 PM

Oh, you had a 'tire tick'. Nasty little buggers. Congrats on getting rid of it/them. Just hope it didn't lay eggs.

Salespunk · 02-10-2015, 12:03 AM

Was it only at low speed and did it vary with wheel speed? More than likely there was probably something stuck in the tread that was not easily visible.

soooma · 02-10-2015, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Salespunk

Was it only at low speed and did it vary with wheel speed? More than likely there was probably something stuck in the tread that was not easily visible.

Low speeds only
Nope nothing in tire tread I checked and ticking has been there for a whole year !!

Hope it doesn't come back because I will be bummed !!

M6-Coupe · 02-10-2015, 12:29 AM

Glad to see the noise is gone and hopefully never comes back again.
Did they perform alignment after replacing the tires?
And did they repair/replace any other parts?

alvinabed · 02-10-2015, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by M6-Coupe

Glad to see the noise is gone and hopefully never comes back again.
Did they perform alignment after replacing the tires?
And did they repair/replace any other parts?

+1

soooma · 02-10-2015, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by M6-Coupe

Glad to see the noise is gone and hopefully never comes back again.
Did they perform alignment after replacing the tires?
And did they repair/replace any other parts?

No sir !!
I even forgot about this! !

M6-Coupe · 02-10-2015, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by soooma

No sir !!
I even forgot about this! !

Soooma the reason I asked you about the alignment, was because alignment usually fixes most of the issues about robbing, but I just was curious if it also fixed the ticking noise issue since any misalignment may cause uneven surface and as far as I recall you had mentioned the ticking noise while you would turn the steering wheel all the way to one side (I guess left)

johntomferg · 02-10-2015, 03:26 AM

Sooma,

I had a similar experience as you, though my tires were not bald.

At low speeds and while turning on some road surface types I would get a noise that could at times be described as "ticking" depending on how fast I went and it was proven by me and the tech spending some time together getting circle drunk in parking lots. We determined it to be the shoulders of the front tires where they had began to wore.

It wasn't the brakes and it wasn't the bearings (had already been replaced due to a different issue). When I put the next set of Michelin's on there later that year and the problem was confirmed resolved.

I posted about it somewhere around here, but there are a lot of posts about various sounds being attributed to bearings, brakes, and tires on the forum so I understand if it didn't come back in your search. It is almost as challenging as looking for the 'right' oil consumption thread. :-)

Enjoy your new shoes.

MyF15+F85 · 02-10-2015, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soooma

After battling with Ticking rotors for a year with local helpless clueless Hendrick BMW techs who spent probably 5k on the car to get rid of it and always came back!!

Had my front almost bald treadless tires replaced by Brand new ones AND TO MY TOTAL SURPRISE TICKING IS GONE completely and can't reproduce it for about 2 weeks now!!

Any logical explanations ?

Don't forget I got the ticking since 5k miles

I own a tire store, and there could be something to it.
I have had a customer with a ticking tire on here Toyota, after 1/2 year of ticking we finally got the car to work on and replaced the tires, surprisingly the ticking was gone . I have attributed that to one tire with a rubber compound that was somehow messed up during molding. Never had anything like that before and after. I think that was one of those things in your case.

drbru · 02-10-2015, 08:31 AM

I had this problem for a bit and the solution was to tighten my wheel bolts to the right torque setting!

bronch · 02-10-2015, 06:41 PM

What tires did you have and what did you replace them with? Do you have spacers or aftermarket springs?

kiwistu · 02-11-2015, 02:48 PM

My ticking is back, might get my friend who a tyre dealer to wip them on and off at the front...

soooma · 02-11-2015, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kiwistu

My ticking is back, might get my friend who a tyre dealer to wip them on and off at the front...

Swap right for left and I believe it will work
I replaced with factory Michelin PSS Brand New Tires
The lasted 21.5 k and I drive this thing somewhat hard
Very nice tires no doubt
However the rear ones retired at 15 k miles -

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johntomferg Captain 120 Rep 852 Posts Drives: Formerly drove a 13 F10 M5 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Columbia, TN iTrader: (1)	Sooma, I had a similar experience as you, though my tires were not bald. At low speeds and while turning on some road surface types I would get a noise that could at times be described as "ticking" depending on how fast I went and it was proven by me and the tech spending some time together getting circle drunk in parking lots. We determined it to be the shoulders of the front tires where they had began to wore. It wasn't the brakes and it wasn't the bearings (had already been replaced due to a different issue). When I put the next set of Michelin's on there later that year and the problem was confirmed resolved. I posted about it somewhere around here, but there are a lot of posts about various sounds being attributed to bearings, brakes, and tires on the forum so I understand if it didn't come back in your search. It is almost as challenging as looking for the 'right' oil consumption thread. :-) Enjoy your new shoes.
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