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Subject:Re: Clunks, not squeeks
From:Marshall Ruskin
Date:Thu, 9 Mar 2000 19:50:47 -0600

I am NOT a mechanic....

but I have read on this list that your problem may be the sway bar's mounts
coming loose.

Marshall Ruskin
84 Westy

>With all the chatter about squeeking, I thought I ought to inquire about
>clunking.  Our 1990 Westy generates a clunking sound when we drive over
>rough roads.  The sound is very audible from the drivers seat, slightly
>audible from the passenger seat and can not be heard at all from the back
>bench seat.  The sound is most severe when only a driver is in the car,
>having somebody sitting in the passenger seat seems to lessen the severity
>of the sound.  For this reason I think it is orginating from the front
>passenger side suspension.
>
>We have had our mechanic, Rocky Jennings Enterprises of Walla Walla, WA,
>look at this problem.  He has checked all the nuts and bolts, the shock
>bushings and bolts and has not discovered the source of the problem.  Now
>I'm turning to the vast experience that is available through this list.
>Can you help me?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Tom Moritz
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