patient:
86 syncro with 300,000 miles.

A new noise developed for me this morning. This was
after 15 miles of driving.  I have a 7 mile hill to
climb (3rd gear, sometimes 2nd if i don't get a good
running-start).  About 1/2 way up the hill i start to
hear a high-speed clicking. Hmmm. I put in the clutch
and it goes away. I try to accelerate and it just gets
more pronounced. When i let up on the gas it goes
away.  Speed during this was between 40-55 mph.  Noise
is there when in 3rd and 4th gear.

I stopped the first chance i got and yanked at the
front axles, diff, driveshaft, universal joints, and
everythingk i could get to. NOTHING moves at all.
Everything was very solid.

After getting back on the road the sound was gone for
the first 5 minutes and then re-appeared.

Any ideas? The bus has about 300K miles on it. New
front bearings and one new side of cv's. Could this be
a diff-bearing or maybe a CV?

I'll pull the driveshaft this weekend, but want to
start thinking about this now.
thanks
matthew
86 syncro

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Matthew Pollard         "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry     So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.ftir.chem.uidaho.edu

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