Everyone who experiences this should consider shoes and drums. I had
the exact symptoms that were checked out several times, and ended up
being something no one suspected. Near the same time I had to replace a
cv joint, it clicked when the car was turning. The tighter the turn,
the worse the click. In the case of the shoes/drums, the noise was more
of a clunk and could hardly be heard in loud traffic.

Jim

On Feb 6, 2004, at 3:21 PM, developtrust wrote:

> I have a similar knocking developing on my passenger side that only is
> heard
> when going stright and usually only audible at night when traffic
> noises are
> at a minimum. Is this a CV joint going bad?
>
> In anticipation and curiosity I priced a new CV joint at the dealer
> ($237 +
> $127 labor) and at a local VW parts place ($57 including a new boot. No
> estimate on competition labor yet.) My choice if that is what it is
> will be
> to do it myself or hire it out.
>
> William
>
>
>> The sound is a knok-knok-knok occurs almost all the time.  The noise
>> gets
>> louder as our Westy goes faster, but also when we brake (we changed
>> the
>> rear brakes in December).  Accelerating and braking seem to increase
>> the
>> noise level.  The noise is getting louder with every mile.  We think
>> it's
>> the cv, but we are unsure because the noise occurs when traveling
> straight,
>> which is unexpected..
>> Thanks
>