Hi all. So.... A while back, I kept hearing an intermittent hard "clunk" when returning steering from hard right. Replaced upper BJ's. (driver side had a torn boot). Lubed steering rack. Noise seemed to go away. Replaced all rubber steering couplers. (cracks visible) Then.... The other day, I heard a "clunk" while parallel parking. Saw my mechanic. He listened. Said it might be coming from the relay box. I listened at home. I heard it coming from same area. Sound happened when turning steering wheel quickly back from just R or L of center. Clunk not as loud as original. No play in steering. I checked coupler fasteners on relay box. One bolt/nut needed **slight** snugging up. Tightened it. Clunk seems to have gone away. Could the clunk noise be due to 1 **slightly** undertightened bolt/nut on a coupler? (I used new proper copper nuts) This clunk was hard to track down, so really appreciate any input. Thanks! Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta "Jaco http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines http://web.mac.com/tubaneil http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.