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Old Nov 1, 2011 | 03:11 PM
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I have a 2004 Limited coupe manual 6 spd..approx 43K miles..Just lately I started hearing a rubbing noise whenever I made a right hand turn..turns out the tire is rubbing against the inner wall of the fender. Looks like it is made of plastic etc...When I compared to the driver,s side there is considerable more clearance..Looks like the passenger side is pushing out..like something behind it causing to bulge out..Seems to push in easily with my finger..Just wondered if anyone else has had this happen to their car..and what they did to correct....Thanks in advance...Wayne..
 
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Old Nov 1, 2011 | 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by kaiser
I have a 2004 Limited coupe manual 6 spd..approx 43K miles..Just lately I started hearing a rubbing noise whenever I made a right hand turn..turns out the tire is rubbing against the inner wall of the fender. Looks like it is made of plastic etc...When I compared to the driver,s side there is considerable more clearance..Looks like the passenger side is pushing out..like something behind it causing to bulge out..Seems to push in easily with my finger..Just wondered if anyone else has had this happen to their car..and what they did to correct....Thanks in advance...Wayne..
What's behind it is the washer fluid tank .....not good news.
I had that plastic liner off on my roadster to repair the fluid tank ( yea, I'm cheap - didn't buy a replacement tank ).
It is NOT easy to remove the liner - at the bottom rear is a screw that is also involved with the door sill, you have to jack the car up, then support it with stands so you can remove the jack and get to the jack pad.

Long story short - sounds like the fluid tank is having an issue, need to fix that.
 
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 12:03 PM
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Thanks for response...After taking wheel off I noticed the black plastic material was pushed in on the other side causing the plastic behind my tire to push out..causing the tire to rub against it...I pulled plastic back out and heated it up gently with a propane torch and stuck a wrench between it and the axle to reshape and push it back the way it was...so far is good...Again thanks...Wayne
 
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 05:16 PM
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GREAT !!! Saved yourself a lot of work ......
 
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