Auto or stick tranny?  Axle lengths are different left and right on auto. Someone may have used stick axles or swapped sides?  Ones too long?

Dan Lamb

> On May 25, 2016, at 12:34 PM, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I have puzzled over the same clunk in my '86 for years.  It is on the
> passenger side though.  It is quite a heavy sound and feeling.  not like
> anything I could imagine in the brakes making.  I'm not sure mine goes away
> if I swerve to load/unload the suspension.  Mine went away for a while
> after I replaced the outer CV on that side.  Maybe couple years/couple
> thousand miles.  I haven't read all the samba article linked but what I
> have read is interesting.  IIRC, it does sound/feel like what happens if
> you slide the axle in/out.
> Edward
> 
> 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
>>