This may be totally way off base, but....

Could it be a that a radius arm has worn through rubber/metal sleeve
and is banging on the subframe?

Neil.

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 3:59 PM, John Rodgers<inua@charter.net> wrote:
> Recently I have begun to experience an occasional loud, severe "Bang" up
> front - so severe it shakes the front end of the van. It does it at slow
> speed, usually after a stop or slowing down. Or - after being stopped,
> and stating off again - particularly when beginning or ending a turn of
> the type in turning the corner at a stop light. It feels like the van
> has been hit by a sledge hammer somewhere solid - not in the sheet metal
> - but maybe in the suspension components or the chassis up front. I just
> had my mechanic check this and he found nothing.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>

--
Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"

http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/

http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines