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Date:         Sat, 4 May 1996 09:39:03 -0400
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         DHaynes57@aol.com
Subject:      Re: '87 syncro: driveshaft going?

In a message dated 96-04-29 14:20:53 EDT, raven@halcyon.com (Mark McCulley) writes:

> >I've been noticing a clunking sound as I engage the clutch after shifting. >Feels like there is some play somewhere in the drivetrain. The sound is >like a metal-on-metal clunk, not unlike the sound I remember from shifting >an American car with auto tranny into the Drive position. I suspect that >the U joints in the driveshaft are wearing out. Any other ideas? How does >one definitively check the driveshaft U joints?

Some Syncros make this noise as the front diff gets paly in the R+P or the viscous coupling. Sounds almost like a bell. Dennis.


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