And I think you can check them by going to a parking lot, and driving in a
slow circle with the steering wheel all the way one direction, then all the
way the other direction.  I know this works for front CVs (i.e. on a syncro
or a FWD car), but don't know if it will put enough strain on the rears to
make them sound off.  If it works, and they're bad, they'll
clunk-clunk-clunk as you go around in circles.
bmc  :)
"Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."

> From: MDC Vanagon <vanagon@SPEAKEASY.ORG>
> Reply-To: MDC Vanagon <vanagon@SPEAKEASY.ORG>
> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 10:02:45 -0800
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: 1983.5 with 108,000 miles
>
> CV joints would be my best guess... and it's only a guess...
>
> I'm assuming that this happens when you're traveling at high speed son the
> highway or when traveling up hill.
>
> I had the same thing happen to me on a long road trip through two mountains
> passes between Seattle, WA and Sebastopol, CA.
>
> You might want to look there...
>
>
> Myles
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Norman Owen Tomalin
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 9:22 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: 1983.5 with 108,000 miles
>
>
> My 1983.5 water cooled 1.9L Camper developed a regular progressively louder
> knocking and vibration emanating from the vicinity of the left rear wheel.
> Which disappeared when depressing the clutch pedal and was not a permanent
> ailment.  A close look at that wheel assembly and down through the engine
> access area revealed no obvious complaint.  Any suggestions as to where I
> might look to find the source of this issue?
>
> Norman Owen Tomalin
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