Clay, A thought. You might want to check that the lug nuts are tight.
On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 07:42 PM, Clay Moore wrote: > A few days ago, while slowing down i noticed a scraping noise, > corresponding to > the speed of the wheel. it sounds like its coming from the right rear. > i wasnt sure what it was, > today it started making the noise while accelerating too, no noise while > driving and not under > a load. it would also go away if i pushed in the clutch. > > I think it must be the outer CV joint. i cant figure out what else it > would be. > > question is, can it be lubed in some way, since its a dry scraping noise > or am i going to have to > have it replaced. ? > > are there 4 of them, and should they all be replaced or lubed ? > > TIA > |
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