What I have found is the most of the time there is still an issue with the assembly of the rear brakes because shops refuse to use or don't have a copy of the Bentley manual. So they take stuff apart, usually both sides at once because they have a lift, then everything gets scrambled up (parts washer), then when it is time to put things back together, it is just mix and match. Then the next shop just puts it back the screwed up way the first shop did it because they are just putting it back the way it was, etc. You really need a copy of the Bentley manual with you, give it to the shop, and say make it look exactly like this picture! I have put these things together a million times and I still reference the book from time to time because I get some dislexia moment and want to double check that I am doing it right (there is left and right mirror images of each other so it can be confusing). Hope you find your issue. Ken On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Vincent Dow <ianvincentdow@gmail.com> wrote: > Since last summer I've been experiencing a puzzling, intermittent clunk > from the driver's side rear. > > I had the rear brakes serviced by a shop in L.A. There were a bunch of > issues with that, but one of them was a very audible TOCK TOCK TOCK TOCK > sound... the frequency of which corresponded to wheel speed. > > I only heard this sound when the van was warmed up from highway driving. > And then starting from a stop, or climbing a grade. > > My girlfriend came across this thread that deals with exactly what I have: > > > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=387993&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=axle++noise+fit&start=0&sid=cb5f768858f53fec27c75037b66837cf > > Seems to indicate an overlong CV-stub axle... that bunches up (I guess) and > hits the hub. An absence of thrust washer between the hub and the CV might > be the cause. > > Is anyone familiar with the thrust washer as spacer at the CV and hub? > Tomorrow going to bring it up to Carrera motors and put it on the lift. May > just get the CVs greased while I'm at it - I leave cross country on friday! > > vinnie >
-- Thanks, Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.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Vanagon mail messages have been archived.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.