I've had to replace 3 wheel bearings on my van and they all had similar
symptoms:1/ rrrr    rrrrr   rrrrrr    rrrrr noise, especially while turning
AWAY from the side of the van with the bearing problem, increasing the
weight of the van on the bad bearings.
2/ when they were fronts, it was easy to hear the rrrr noise because you
could just turn the steering wheel.
3/ my rear one (R/R) almost made me think it was the front, but when someone
rode with me, they could easily hear it was the R/R.
The more worn it got, the louder it got in all driving conditions, not just
turning.

bob

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:24 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9/9/09, Troy <colorworks@gci.net> wrote:
> > Hi folks:
> >
> > I have been hearing a scraping, clunking sound, from the rear end
> (passenger
> > side) on my 89 westy vanagon.
>
>