Clicking Noise from Rear Wheel Area

[flynrider]

Glad to hear you got it fixed. I suspect most of your noise was due to the misalignment. Half a mark difference is actually pretty significant. The noise was probably due to the side load on the chain as it rolled off the sprockets.

Good thing you found it soon. I had a mechanic misalign my wheel after a tire install on a road trip. After a few thousand miles, the O-rings on one side of the chain failed and I ended up limping home with a very noisy chain the last few hundred miles.

Now I always double check the alignment if any mechanic has done anything to the rear wheel.