that and it's not very hard to pop the stock jack into a front jacking point
to get the wheel off the ground an inch ...then spin/wiggle.

large amount of info gained with very little effort that way.

Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: On the road.................a couple of issues!

>  Bernie, you can check your wheel bearings without even jacking up the
> van,
> sometimes.  Just grab the top of the tire and 'reef" on it really hard,
> like
> you are trying to rip the wheel off.  If you feel any real movement, then
> you might want to look at the bearings more closely.
>  Don Hanson
>
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net>
> wrote:
>
>> If you are going to jack up each front wheel & listen you also need to
>> check
>> for free play. A bad bearing can be loose & sound fine with no load.
>>
>> Tom
>> www.towercooler.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
>> Of
>> neil n
>> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 12:27 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: On the road.................a couple of issues!
>>
>> Bernie.
>>
>> Your engine was rebuilt recently so I'd check coolant sensor wire at
>> engine.
>>
>> Front end noise; does it happen driving in a straight line, cornering,
>> when braking, or all the time?
>>
>> At the very least you could jack up each front wheel, spin wheel and
>> listen.
>>
>> Neil.
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Bernie <berniej@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > *Having a couple of things that popped up yesterday on my 85 Westy.*
>> > *First thing temperature gauge dropped to almost nothing.*
>> > *Always would be consistently just below half before and now basically
>> not
>> > responding*
>> > *or responding on very intermittent basis.*
>> > *Second issue is a noise that seems to be coming from front of
>> > vehicle.*
>> > *Don't know how to describe other than a noise produced by friction of
>> some
>> > sort.*
>> > *Could this be wheel bearings?*
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>>
>> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>>
>>
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>> s
>>