

| Subject: | Re: Whistling from rear end |
| From: | C. Abney |
| Date: | Thu, 14 Mar 2019 12:23:16 -0700 |
Oh crap, that was supposed to go to the group. :-/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "C. Abney" <tsudonimh@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 12:21:10 -0700 Subject: Re: Whistling from rear end To: Rick Cooper <rickdcooper@gmail.com> Does your van have gas? On 3/14/19, Rick Cooper <rickdcooper@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone. I've had a whistling noise coming from the rear of my 87 > Westy, 2.1liter automatic, for probably a year now. It is intermittent but > most noticeable during city driving. > > I would have thought this was caused by metal components rubbing together, > perhaps the emergency brake components touching the revolving components > inside a brake drum. However, the pitch of the sound never changes and > seems unaffected by speed. The whistling sound is in the mid-range, maybe > about a middle C, neither particularly high or low. It seems to start and > stop randomly. > > An atypical sound like this is worrisome, but maybe it's just wind or road > noise. Does this ring a bell with anyone? > > Thanks in advance, > Rick > -- If you're in my band you can't have too much of a sense of dignity. -- "Weird Al" Yankovic -- If you're in my band you can't have too much of a sense of dignity. -- "Weird Al" Yankovic
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