I apologize if this is in the wrong section.
I have read post and watched videos about this infamous clicking noise coming from the rear of the car. It seems it happens to first gens, well every one that mentions it has a first gen.
About a month ago I installed new calipers on my car, and when the job was done I notice this clicking creaking noise. Well the brake job did not go as plan beforehand. Every wheel was over tighten and the right rear had a lug nut that would not come off. The outer cap came loose from the actual nut. I thought the aftermath of that party could cause my creaking noise. As far as I can tell it didn't. About the creaking noise.

When it started it would creak once going forwards but if I stopped and drove forward again it would not, and the same for reverse. Now it's the same for reverse but going forward it makes the noise every time there is a hesitation in throttle and I move forward again.

Seen people greasing the splines where the half axle and hub meet. Some z expert claim the only way to stop it is to clean both inside the hub and the half axle spline and cover it with blue loctight. Let the loctight cure a little before putting it back.

 

My '06 clicks a single time after it's sat overnight. Don't have the energy right now to tear everything apart to find the culprit, maybe next spring I'll dig into it.

 

Pulling the axle and greasing that up will solve that issue. I used anti-seize and have been trouble free for four years and about 30k miles.

 

Axles defenatly, its when u first move forward in probably 1-3, the torque on ur axels make them click, 1- live with it, 2- take a day off and pull them out and regrease, not the quickest job to do may i add

 

I fixed the dreaded axle click 70K miles ago (at 65K) and it has never come back. It's a really straightforward job and isn't very difficult. On my sedan IIRC I didn't have to take off the rear sway or exhaust. The only b!tch was removing the axle nut, it's torqued to some ridiculous amount like 130 ft/lbs and I had to take the extension handle of my jack, slide it onto the breaker bar and stand/hop on the end to break the nuts loose. I'm really surprised/grateful it's lasted this long without coming back.

 

Along that same line, the axle nut on my sierra 2500 has a torque rating of 180 ft/lb and the nut was a little seized up, I actually broke a 1/2" breaker bar trying to get it off... now I have a forged 1/2" breaker bar that's supposedly rated for something like 500 lbs.

 

Sounds like working on a Kawasaki ^.