Thank you, Scott, I'll give it a try!

-George

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> grab each rear axle with your hand...
> slide it left-right back and forth.
> it should slide nicely. It 'has to' to function corretly. You can do this
> with van on the ground.
>
> next, ..jerk them up-down ...feeling and listening for play and dryness in
> the CV's particularily the inners, as I believe they wear more and sooner
> due to heat from the transmission area.
>
> if they have play, or click sorta rattle..they're dry ..
> and they could be pretty badly worn too.
>
> I find dry ones commonly. I don't think the spec amount of grease is enough.
> Original very high quality vanagon cv joint boots last nearly indefentely in
> my experience..
> so going by that the boot is still intact means there's adequate grease on
> the balls in there is not a fair assumption.
>
> if they rattle-click at all moving the axle up-down jerkily ..they are due.
> usually choices are .............add grease and rotate/flip to  a not-badly
> worn CV joint to another position  on the van .
> or replace individual CV joints with good german, usually Lobro brand,  new
> ones - ---works for me.
>
>
> On 8/1/2012 12:20 PM, George Gaudette wrote:
>
> Hi Karl,
>
> Thanks. Yes, I drove over street trolley tracks around the time of the
> "family input".
>
> Haven't touched the CV joints in ages. I don't see any rips in the
> boots at first glance.
>
> Yep, I guess I won't get too far without determining which wheel (!)
> I appreciate getting responses despite my general lack of
> investigation so far.
>
> -George
>
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote:
>
> Have you worked on the CV joints lately?  Could be loosening bolts.  If the
> CV joints themselves, they usually get noisier when they gete hot, like
> after a few miles driving.
>
> I assume the loud clunks are from road irregularities?
>
> Jack it up and spin the wheels by hand to help locate the noise.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
>
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
> |On Behalf Of George Gaudette
> |Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 10:11 AM
> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> |Subject: I can name this sound in...
> |
> |I think I have a bad CV joint, but since I've only experienced
> |this in front-wheel drive cars, it doesn't sound quite like I
> |expect. What do you think? Recording here, enjoy my son's and
> |wife's commentary :-)
> |
> |  http://youtu.be/3w_2yCsTuZg
> |
> |Notes:
> |
> |* Doesn't seem to happen until I've been driving a few miles.
> |* Even walking beside the van I can't tell if it's front or
> |rear wheel. Passenger side.
> |* One sound per one wheel rotation, except when it skips a
> |rotation, or goes away for a while, which it often does.
> |* No apparent relationship between turning and sound (not at
> |all like FWD CV). Seems a little more frequent when
> |accelerating. Maybe.
> |* You can feel the click when riding in van.
> |
> |Thanks,
> |George
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