Date:         Fri, 6 Apr 2007 16:48:33 -0700
Reply-To:     neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: CV noise
Comments: To: Gregor Brandt <gbrandt@marionette.ca>
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I would drive in circles in an empty parking lot (both cw and ccw) and see
if noise gets worse and in which direction. Take a passenger then swap
letting passenger drive. Compare notes on which side louder.

Assuming noise is from rear, have you also checked for play in wheel
bearings?



Neil.

On 4/6/07, Gregor Brandt <gbrandt@marionette.ca> wrote:
>
> '86 Westy
>
> A few months ago I had a loud knock from the rear tire....sounded like a
> CV to me.  I was on the road...some of you may remember...and had to drive
> 300 miles before I could find someone to look at it.  They stated that
> they repaired one CV and lubed the rest up.
>
> I drove about 1000 miles on those CV's then parked the van at the bodyshop
> for 3.5 months.  When I get it back the clunking is there again.  Now my
> regular shop can't hear it and can't detect anything wrong with the CV's.
> I bought an entire axel with both CV's installed (brand new) to carry
> around with me, just in case, but could it be anything else?  The knocking
> increases with wheel RPM and is identical to the noise that the bad CV
> caused earlier.
>
> Any help is appreciated,
>
> Gregor
>



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