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Date:         Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:41:45 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: I can name this sound in...
Comments: To: George Gaudette <gcgaudette@gmail.com>
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Have you checked your lug nuts?

If not that, it could definitely be a rear break shoe flopping. New shoes and drums will fix it. If it is this, the sound should go away under braking but so will the abovementioned lug nut problem, sometimes. Check with the handbrake when it happens again. But check those lug nuts first.

Jim

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:15 PM, George Gaudette <gcgaudette@gmail.com>wrote:

> '90 Westy by the way. > > -G > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 1:11 PM, George Gaudette <gcgaudette@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I think I have a bad CV joint, but since I've only experienced this in > > front-wheel drive cars, it doesn't sound quite like I expect. What do > > you think? Recording here, enjoy my son's and wife's commentary :-) > > > > http://youtu.be/3w_2yCsTuZg > > > > Notes: > > > > * Doesn't seem to happen until I've been driving a few miles. > > * Even walking beside the van I can't tell if it's front or rear > > wheel. Passenger side. > > * One sound per one wheel rotation, except when it skips a rotation, > > or goes away for a while, which it often does. > > * No apparent relationship between turning and sound (not at all like > > FWD CV). Seems a little more frequent when accelerating. Maybe. > > * You can feel the click when riding in van. > > > > Thanks, > > George >


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