Amazing the vigilant vanagon experts on duty this weekend! I used the
advice sent to me to discover the problem. I got under the car, put my
ear close to the CV joints, rolled the affected wheel by hand and
listened. I could hear it. then I noticed that, like a bicycle wheel
with the brake pad hitting the rim on one spot, the wheel always wants
to stop in the same place, coincident with the noise. The noise was not
nearly as noticeable with the weight off the ground. There is, in fact,
enough resistance to stop the wheel at that point. Another half
foot-pound and it's "over the hump."

This is the inner joint, bolted to the transmission. How hard/easy is
this to fix? Does the entire axle need to come out?

Thanks again!

Jim

90  Carat
83 diesel Westy