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BankrateYou should not ignore certain thumping, banging, clicking and squealing sounds. These sounds often rear their heads or intensify whenever the driver takes ... Hissing or sizzling under the hood: Heard when the engine is first shut off, .... my rear right wheel makes a loud bang when switching from park to drive/reverse.

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Sounds coming from drivers side front wheel The Garage. ... slightly left, I get a slight metalish-squealing sound coming from the drivers side front wheel area. ... but before I start the wild and expensive goose chase of bringing it to mechanics I ..... Those twoloud clunks when turning hard right give it away.

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Does sound like your CV joint. When you turn and you hear clicking noises coming from the front end your CV joint will need replacing.

There are many possibilities that can cause car to make noise.

It's actually from where the noise is coming from. Front end or rear end. From engine area or from inside the steering or from brakes.

There is N-number of possibilities for the car to make such woobling noise or any other kind of noise.

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Are you sure the struts and strut bearings are installed correctly and all fasteners are tight? Did you check your stabilizer links? Did you check your stabilizer frame bushings? Did you check your tie rod ends? Did you check the lower ball joints? Did you check the control arm bushings? Did you check for loose or missing brake caliper bolts?

I am sure that a thorough inspecton of the front steering and suspension system will turn up something. However, it is really hard to accurately guess from this end without more to go on than just a "metal clanging noise"....there are way too many things that can fit that desription.

if it has a spring between the side gears , it may be a limited slip diff center and the noise may have been the limited slip action coming off or engaging when one front wheel lost traction
if there is no metal bits in the diff then it may be nothing as long as both wheels turn the diff center , then the axle will still be intact

Probably the CV joints just behind the brakes on each wheel. Try jacking the car up so that the wheel on that side is clear of the ground, grasp the wheel and rotate it back and forth. Do you get that noise? The joints are not repairable, just replace both sides.

on the 97 escort,check the sway bar,also the sway bar links.My daughter has a 97 escort,both sway bar links had to be replaced at 150,000.mi.relatively cheap to & easy to Replace.hope this helps
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Be sure to check the front struts and mounts. Open the hood and try to bounce the front-end up and down as much as possible while looking at the strut mounts.

if it is like a rubbing type sound, then yes it is the wheeel bearing, unfortantly these are presed in and may need a professional to reoplace it.