Could be just a stone that got tossed up into the Brake or it could be that something came Loose & is about to Fall Off ~ I would Not drive anywhere before Jacking It Up to have a Look ~ Pull the Wheel, give Hub a Spin & see what You can Find ~ If something is about to fall off You want to find it be fore it's gone ~ If it is something in the Brake You need to find it before it does any damage ~ ORR ~ DeanB
On 3 Apr , 2017, at 8:54 PM, Vincent Dow wrote: > Hi friends, just about halfway across the USA in my 1982 subaru-vanagon. > > something always comes up on a 3000 mile drive! > this evening, pulling into a state park campground in Toronto, KS; I > released the brake pedal to let the van roll back onto the road, and the > right front wheel made a squeak\screech as it rolled. > > braking was solid and fine :) But I didn't like that sound (so far from > home and from vanagon land) > Just before the last light of day disappeared, I crawled under and had a > look at that wheel. Nothing stood out. My brakes were redone two Years > ago, and I've only put about 10,000 miles on since (almost all highway) > > The screech continued as I rolled into my campsite. Not loud. Sounds like a > brake down to metal would sound, rubbing against a rotor at low speed. You > kind of hear the revolution. > > I did see a very mashed bushing... like, wasted. dont know what that > bushing is called, but its the one closest to the wheel, almost touches it. > > does this ring a bell for anyone? I'll he crossing the rockies day after > tomorrow, and then on to Los Angeles. I'd like to feel confident doing so. > Tomorrow, might try to get a local garage to put it on the lift, take the > wheel off. > > Could it be that crushed bushing? Maybe suddenly got worse and moved things > around so that something like the metal shield between wheel and > suspension? > > Any advice greatly appreciated! > Vin |
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