On Dec 8, 2011, at 1:18 PM, Don Hanson wrote:

> maybe related to the right wheel drive in
> some way.   .I have a new set of wheel bearings for the rear that I planned
> on taking along as spares on my trip..
>
>  I have no indications of transmission problems (unless this noisy right
> side drive wheel is one).

I was talking transaxles with Daryl Christensen on a trip we took this year,
and he mentioned that our vanagon transaxles are basically right-wheel-drive
first, due to the way the gear teeth are made (by my recollection). So, you
may be hearing some initial wear problems with your transaxle?

bob