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Date:         Mon, 09 Dec 1996 11:24:14 -0800
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From:         Lawrence Johnson <ljohnson@halhinet.on.ca>
Subject:      Re: vibrations

The noise may be coming from a bouncing pop-top roof. The air pressure build up while driving can lift the roof. When air escapes the roof vibrates. Tie down the roof and see if the noise stops.

Larry ________________________________________ Seastoner wrote: > > Hi, > my 85 Westy has a nasty habit of creating a very loud vibration right > above my head when I take her up over seventy. I thought it might be > the bungy cords I have up there but when I took them off it was much > worse...sometimes it creates just a slight vibrational noise, other > times like a jackhammer...what's going on? Thanks for any advice, > Rick > '85 Westy > Truckin' Like The DooDah Man....


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