Date:         Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:52:07 -0500
Reply-To:     "John P. Flaherty" <jflaherty@PIVOT.NET>
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From:         "John P. Flaherty" <jflaherty@PIVOT.NET>
Subject:      Re: Syncro GL: keep your eye on that wheel!
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Never had this happen on a VW, but went through it with a '79 GMC pickup.
Lost the left rear wheel. Everything happened exactly as you described it.
The noise, the inability to find a problem, then being passed by my own
wheel. In my case I replaced the wheel and the lugs. The hub was fine.

John Flaherty
'84 GL
'74 SB

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