Date:         Tue, 5 Dec 2000 21:36:50 +0100
Reply-To:     ANDREW WILLIAMS <will1nor@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         ANDREW WILLIAMS <will1nor@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Noisy rearend
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My 88 TD syncro(Norway)had some rumbling noise coming from the
back when I was backing off the gas ,thanks for everyone who repied to give
me some ideas.I havn`t fixed the problem yet but I did find that when I went
to take off the brake drum and hub off the axel I first had a problem to
remove the big nut:The problem wasn`t that It was too tight,I mean it was
tight but with that 46mm socket on my 3\4 drive and 3&1\2 feet of 2" pipe I
got it moving alright ,but the person who had their grubby mits on this
thing before me had not greased the axel before putting it back together so
the nut was pretty well rusted on solid.Half a can of WD-40 later I finished
my battle with the nut and then to my surprise when I went to use the hub
puller I found the hub came straight off with almost no effort.I dont know
if this is normal or not?Then I found that the splines on the axel were worn
away approx 1.5-2cm from outer bearing grease cover and also on the hub in
the same place.So now I have to locate a new axel and hub .Is the axel the
same for syncro`s and non Syncro`s or is there a difference between petrol
and diesel.?Any ideas what may have caused this?
Thanks Andy
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