What I have found is the most of the time there is still an issue with the
assembly of the rear brakes because shops refuse to use or don't have a
copy of the Bentley manual.  So they take stuff apart, usually both sides
at once because they have a lift, then everything gets scrambled up (parts
washer), then when it is time to put things back together, it is just mix
and match.  Then the next shop just puts it back the screwed up way the
first shop did it because they are just putting it back the way it was,
etc.  You really need a copy of the Bentley manual with you, give it to the
shop, and say make it look exactly like this picture!  I have put these
things together a million times and I still reference the book from time to
time because I get some dislexia moment and want to double check that I am
doing it right (there is left and right mirror images of each other so it
can be confusing).

Hope you find your issue.

Ken

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Vincent Dow <ianvincentdow@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Since last summer I've been experiencing a puzzling, intermittent clunk
> from the driver's side rear.
>
> I had the rear brakes serviced by a shop in L.A. There were a bunch of
> issues with that, but one of them was a very audible TOCK TOCK TOCK TOCK
> sound... the frequency of which corresponded to wheel speed.
>
> I only heard this sound when the van was warmed up from highway driving.
> And then starting from a stop, or climbing a grade.
>
> My girlfriend came across this thread that deals with exactly what I have:
>
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=387993&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=axle++noise+fit&start=0&sid=cb5f768858f53fec27c75037b66837cf
>
> Seems to indicate an overlong CV-stub axle... that bunches up (I guess) and
> hits the hub. An absence of thrust washer between the hub and the CV might
> be the cause.
>
> Is anyone familiar with the thrust washer as spacer at the CV and hub?
> Tomorrow going to bring it up to Carrera motors and put it on the lift. May
> just get the CVs greased while I'm at it - I leave cross country on friday!
>
> vinnie
>

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Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
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