Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 09:22:55 -0600
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From: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Screech, said the front wheel
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Goo Idea To Do That ~ But ~ Unusual Resistance Could also indicate
a Dragging BrakePad or some ForeignObject stuck between Pad & Disc ~
On 4 Apr , 2017, at 8:36 AM, Jim Preysz wrote:
> A failing wheel bearing?
> Lift the wheel and give it a spin
> If you can feel unusual residence then that might be it.
>
> Jim
> 89 tintop
>
>> On Apr 4, 2017, at 7:41 AM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>>
>> I am thinking a piece of the dust shield or a rock got in there. There
>> really isn't any bushing that I can think of in that area.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 1:07 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Also ~ Can You take a Picture of that "Bushing" & Post it ~
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>> Ken Wilford
>> John 3:16
>> www.vanagain.com
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