Date:         Thu, 5 Feb 2004 18:08:33 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Mechanic in Knox, TN?
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I had a strange clunking in my rear left last summer. After turning the
car, it would clunk noticeably for miles. Then it would suddenly stop.
Took it to the tire shop, they pulled the drum and looked at the
backing plate. Nothing. The noise continued. Took it to my mechanic.
Nothing. I replaced the shoes and drums, and the sound was gone. Also
grreatly improved my brakes.

Jim

On Feb 5, 2004, at 5:35 PM, Tom Young wrote:

> Don't know of any VW mechanics in Knox, TN, but the CV
> joints/brakes/bearings on a VW are certainly "standard" enough that
> most any
> general-purpose auto mechanic shop should be able to diagnose and fix
> these
> sort of things.
>
> CV joint noise is frequently minimal/non-existent when the vehicle is
> driving straight but will express itself when making a tight turn in
> the
> direction of the bad joint.  You might try driving in a quiet parking
> lot,
> turning tight one way and then the other to see if that isolates the
> problem.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
> Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles E Clement/FWF/EXP/UTIA" <ceclement@MAIL.AG.UTK.EDU>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 1:08 PM
> Subject: Mechanic in Knox, TN?
>
>
>> My wife and I are new owners of a '91 Westfalia and we would like to
>> know
>> of any mechanics in our area (Knoxville, TN).  We have this bothersome
>> noise coming from the rear wheel area.  It sounds like a cv joint but
>> the
>> mechanics we brought it to were unable to locate any trouble!  Thank
>> you
>> for your time,
>>
>> Charles & Susan
>