Excerpts from internet.listserv.vanagon: 25-Apr-95 Squeaking from front end (s.. by Matt Weatherford@atl.com > My vanagon is just about the noisiest animal I have ever > experienced- (a notch above riding on the back of a wild boar) > Id like some advice on eliminating one of the most annoying sounds: > > The spare tire under the front end seems to squeak and groan > as it rubs against the metal sandwich it is contained in. I _JUST_ had this noise repaired in my van, The Slug. It was worn upper control arm bushings making the offending racket. QUITE a difference... It _COULD_ be your spare, but sak the shop that did the front end work if they swapped out the control arm bushings.... -- Buz... Rob Armitage Carnegie Mellon University buz+@cmu.edu or: ra1d@andrew.cmu.edu or: .....!{ucbvax,harvard}!andrew.cmu.edu!ra1d+ "Diplomacy: The art of saying NICE DOGGY until you can find a rock."
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