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Subject:Re: Knocking sound
From:Thomas Casal
Date:Sun, 24 Jun 2018 17:20:01 -0400

Sorry I should have specified 2 wheel drive 84 sitting slightly higher on
Regular Gowesty springs.  The sound is definitely coming from the rear and
I’m definitely thinking it’s coming from the cv.  If I shake the cv back
and forth it goes away.  I’m guessing I shouldn’t play with this and try
and get the van home 400 miles shaking the cv any time I hear a noise.
Should I just get a new boot or should I order the entire cv kit with new
bearings and all that stuff?  When I had them out everything appeared to be
fine.  I knew I should have fixed that boot before I left the house.
Thanks for your responses.

On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 4:01 PM Gene P <olgreywoof@gmail.com> wrote:

> Look for the top shock nut – when it’s missing, the shock sits there
> looking normal with your face in the wheel well, but raises havoc when you
> drive.  Much cheaper solution.  You can hope.
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> *From: *Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@GMAIL.COM>
> *Sent: *Sunday, June 24, 2018 10:12 AM
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> *To: *vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> *Subject: *Knocking sound
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> Hello good people,
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> I’m up in Maine on a trip and out of no where I started getting this kind
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> of knocking sound coming from my passenger side wheel well.  I pulled the
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> tire off banged on the rotor and shook the axle a bit and the sound went
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> away for a day then it came back.  I have a small rip in the boot I’m about
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> to tackle there is still plenty of grease in there.  I have all new
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> bushings I’m not dragging anything nothing is loose.  I know my description
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> is terrible but anyone have any ideas of what it is?  Seems to be worse
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> when I’m in gear but not a 100 percent sure about that.  Peace tom
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