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Date:         Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:40:56 -0500
Reply-To:     ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Clicking in Rear End
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <CAFnDXk3DnO1GSw4wTKAMUpdkYERwQGki-u2MhtcDpfPHrhrx=Q@mail.gmail.com>
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I have a new throw out bearing and my crank endplay and bearings are fine, checked those during the engine swap and maybe 500 miles since.

Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy On Sep 30, 2013 5:59 PM, "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Then it's probably the throwout bearing or the end play on you crankshaft. > > Jim > > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 5:45 PM, ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> I'm having a similar issue, I have a new set of cv joints coming to make >> sure thats not the issue. I noticed when it was ticking and I pushed in >> the >> clutch the clicking went away. >> >> Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy >> On Sep 30, 2013 4:23 PM, "Eric Wunrow" <VW@ericwunrow.com> wrote: >> >> > Hello, Vanagonians: >> > >> > >> > Some of you may know we're living full-time in our '84 Westy, our >> > first, and today marks the end of Month 2. Been lucky so far, I've >> > put nearly 5,000 miles on it sans any meltdowns... beyond little >> > things I can handle. >> > >> > A couple days ago a sound emerged in the left rear. This has happened >> > twice now, both times under load climbing extreme hills in Death >> > Valley (though only in the 80s, temp-wise). Coolant temp is normal >> > when this happens, convinced it's not an engine issue. It comes and >> > goes, and for lack of a better descriptor sounds like a card in the >> > spokes of a kid's bike... clicking at a consistent rate that might >> > add up to maybe 200 clicks per minute. Since I'm going about 32 mph >> > when it happens, if a rotational issue I'd expect it to be much >> > faster when considering tire circumference and distance covered at 32 >> > vs. the clicking speed if the clicks were once per rotation. It lasts >> > maybe 5-20 seconds each time then stops, braking has no effect on it >> > and I suspect it's a CV joint... the right joint has maybe a >> > sixteenth of an inch slop, the left side maybe an eighth-inch. >> > There's no grinding noise of any kind. (yet???) >> > >> > We'll be in this area for likely a few months so might use the shop >> > in Bishop, California. He did some minor things on my Jetta a decade >> > ago and I left feeling like they were good and trustworthy. If anyone >> > here wants the work, please PM me... no cell signal here but do >> > respond to all emails. >> > >> > >> > OT... does anyone know how Terry K is doing? He's a lovely guy and >> > helped me greatly early on so when I read he was ill I've been >> > bumming for him. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > E1 >> > >> > >


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