Hi everyone, I don't know if anyone remembers this thread about a month ago. I had a vibration coming from my left rear axle on my 1984 Westy Automatic. I took the van to a shop and they told me that both my rear wheel bearings needed to be replaced. Reportedly, when they disassembled the axle, the bearings fell out in their hands. So the wheel bearings did the trick. Nice and smooth now. Thanks for everyone's advice. I ended up taking my van to Stephan's Auto Haus in Sacramento. It was a great experience and I would recommend them to other vanagon owners. Thanks again, Blake Heinlein http://blakeheinlein.googlepages.com/
On 3/19/07, Blake Heinlein <blakeheinlein@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I installed a new half-shaft (2 CV joints, 2 boots, and shaft) on the > driver side of my differential on my 84' automatic. At speeds over about 45 > mph I am experiencing a hum (or vibration) that is louder than normal. It is > more pronounced when sustaining speed. During acceleration and deceleration > it's less noticeable. Does anyone know if this is normal when breaking in a > new half-shaft? Will it go away? Do I need to return it an complain? Is this > a installation issue? I've only put 200 miles on the new part. Advice > appreciated. > > Thanks, > > -- > Blake Heinlein > http://blakeheinlein.googlepages.com/ > |
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