A failing wheel bearing?
Lift the wheel and give it a spin
If you can feel unusual residence then that might be it.

Jim 
89 tintop

> On Apr 4, 2017, at 7:41 AM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com