Unfortuanately the whole axle must come out.

Got BenT's web site for compete graphic and written instructions to
carry out this entire procedure. Best site I know of for How-to's on the
Vanagon

http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/engine1.htm

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Felder wrote:

> 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
>