I've found that the suspension grommets on the strut rods, stabilizer bar all contribute to the squeaking. I know that when I shoot them with Rubber Glide (FLAPS item) they get silent for a few days. Stan Wilder On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:35:19 -0700 Bob Whitby <rpwhitby@MINDSPRING.COM> writes: > More on the squeaking front wheel situtation: > > When I jack the front wheels off the ground and spin the suckas as > fast as I can nothing but silent running, and an almost > imperceptible scrape from the brake pads. No excessive motion in the > wheel top to bottom or side to side, so I'm ruling out bearing > problems. Thank god. But other people who have experienced this same > problem say it was corrected by replacing the tires. So I'm led to > believe that Vanagons are the only vehicles on earth that cause > their tires to squeak! > > Damn this is one unique mode of transporation... > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.