I am thinking a piece of the dust shield or a rock got in there.  There
really isn't any bushing that I can think of in that area.

Ken

On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 1:07 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:

>         Also ~ Can You take a Picture of that "Bushing" & Post it ~
>
>
> On 3 Apr , 2017, at 8:54 PM, Vincent Dow wrote:
>
> > Hi friends, just about halfway across the USA in my 1982 subaru-vanagon.
> >
> > something always comes up on a 3000 mile drive!
> > this evening, pulling into a state park campground in Toronto, KS; I
> > released the brake pedal to let the van roll back onto the road, and the
> > right front wheel made a squeak\screech as it rolled.
> >
> > braking was solid and fine :) But I didn't like that sound (so far from
> > home and from vanagon land)
> > Just before the last light of day disappeared, I crawled under and had a
> > look at that wheel.  Nothing stood out. My brakes were redone two Years
> > ago, and I've only put about 10,000 miles on since (almost all highway)
> >
> > The screech continued as I rolled into my campsite. Not loud. Sounds
> like a
> > brake down to metal would sound, rubbing against a rotor at low speed.
> You
> > kind of hear the revolution.
> >
> > I did see a very mashed bushing... like, wasted. dont know what that
> > bushing is called, but its the one closest to the wheel, almost touches
> it.
> >
> > does this ring a bell for anyone? I'll he crossing the rockies day after
> > tomorrow, and then on to Los Angeles. I'd like to feel confident doing
> so.
> > Tomorrow, might try to get a local garage to put it on the lift, take the
> > wheel off.
> >
> > Could it be that crushed bushing? Maybe suddenly got worse and moved
> things
> > around so that something like the metal shield between wheel and
> > suspension?
> >
> > Any advice greatly appreciated!
> > Vin
>

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Ken Wilford
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