I've seen worse. Those wear particles are somewhat normal. If the box is noisy it is most likely a bearing problem or a housing problem allowing some bearing to move. Dennis From my cheapo HP laptop now running Windows 8! -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of loudmouth_70@yahoo.com Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 4:02 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: strange whirrrrrring sound Finally got the drain plug removed today. Kind of wishing it wasn't looking so christmassy. Here's a link. Let me know how bad this is, I'm going to put in fresh fluid and see how she sounds. Steve From my HTC Sensation 4G on T-Mobile. The first nationwide 4G network ----- Reply message ----- From: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Subject: strange whirrrrrring sound Date: Wed, Oct 24, 2012 9:00 pm
Must be the part of the continent I'm in .. mine are all perfectly spherical. I probably have a picture somewhere.
On 10/24/2012 4:52 PM, miguel pacheco wrote: > Scott, you are way off! They look like garden gnomes, not golf balls...... > Miguel > |
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