Date:         Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:50:35 +0200
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: Funny Noise...
Comments: To: Jason Cornfeld <vanagon@LGCY.COM>
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Jason Cornfeld wrote:

> Hey guys?? can ya help me? I was driving my beloved Bus around Yesterday.. and err
> well my front end started making this clangy sound.. I think it was my front
> end... kinda like 2 bars hitting eachother? it was when I went over bumps...
> sometimes it was there... sometimes not.. what do you think???

Jason, I have the exactly same noises in my '88 Syncro, there are two reasons for
this. First, the nut for the upper control arm bushings/Camber adjustment keeps coming
loose. You can tighten these some, but best is put in new locking nuts. Be aware of
the threads, as they are finer than normal M12 nuts. Normally, M12 nuts and bolts have
1,75 mm threads, while the nuts needed on the control arm is 1,5 mm threads. Second,
the clunking noise can come from worn out balljoints. I have both loose nuts and a
worn out ball joint, it makes a lot of racket when hitting bumps. It is easy to
replace the balljoints.

PerL
88 Syncro
Arendal, Norway