Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:59:42 -0800
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Clunk goes the rear wheel
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dear clunk
depending on the year of the vehicle and the size of the engine there could
be other things going on ...
is it a transplant power source ... how long ago ... did work get done one
the vehicle recently ... maybe the worker did something to the rear "wheel"
to help or investigate an issue ... were you going around a corner when the
thump occurred - there may be something in the rear area that swings out
and slaps the wall of where-ever when it swings back into place...
maybe the rodents in your vehicle are having a domestic dispute and are
tossing the bits of furniture at one another ...
maybe your wheels are about to fall off ...
are you sure the sound came from the rear wheel area ... and if so why are
you sure that is where the sound comes from ...
often i get my little brother to ride on the back bumper upside down and
with his head under the rear of the van ... i re enact the scene ...
freeway or what ever the driving conditions were (he really dislikes the re
enactments in the farm yard) ... then when the sound or occurrence we are
in pursuit of happens again i slam on the brakes and stop .. right there
... so he can tell me what is going on when it happens ... not ...
sorry i got carried away ... :) actually we put the vehicle on the hoist
and run it up in the air and then simulate actual driving conditions ...
somehow that does not sound any safer than the little brother method ...
regards
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Sondergaard, Arlene <asonder@usgs.gov>wrote:
> On the freeway this morning the passanger side rear wheel clunked like I
> hit a rock. It happened 2 more times. Got off freeway to examine tire.
> Pressure around 45 tire, looks normal, grab and shake-no give. The belts
> look o.k. Drive the backroad the rest of the way to work for lower
> speeds and i happened again 2wice. What could be going on?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Arlene Sondergaard
> CVO Sediment Lab
> 1300 SE Cardinal Court, Suite 100
> Vancouver, WA 98683
> 360-993-8943
> asonder@usgs.gov
>
--
roger w
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servant who becomes king ...
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