Date:         Thu, 19 May 2005 17:30:28 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Snow <mwsnow@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Snow <mwsnow@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: do bad CV joints click in a turn??
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On 5/19/05, Robert Harris <rdh24@cornell.edu> wrote:
> So many people have mentioned this that I'm starting to believe it is true
> but it still doesn't make sense to my feeble brain... can you really tell
> if CVs are going bad on a Vanagon/Bus by listening for clicking in a tight
> turn?  Thought this only went for FRONT-drive cars???  My Westy's CVs
> appear fine at the moment -- so just a case of Inquiring Minds Want to Know.
> Robert H
> Ithaca, NY
> 

I just had a joint give up the ghost on my '86 GL.  I don't recall any
incresed noise in turns, but it was definitely louder under a heavy
load.  If you lean hard on the gas going up a hill, you should hear
the CV joint noise if it is dying.

-- 
Michael Snow
1987 Syncro GL
1986 GL
1982 Westfalia 1.9D