Woo-woo-woo-woo on and on related to vehicle speed. I needed tires anyway so I changed them and the sound persisted. The car has almost 400k on it. When I had the tires changed I saw the nuts looked tight but detected slight play in passenger rear.

Jim

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> On Jul 13, 2019 at 12:06 AM,  <Dennis Haynes (mailto:d23haynes57@hotmail.com)>  wrote:
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>  Out of curiosity, what sound(s) are you hearing?
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> Dennis
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List  <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>  On Behalf Of Jim. Felder
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2019 3:56 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Question about rear wheel bearing spacers etc.
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> Well, on a recent trip I heard the sound... approaching 400K miles I will soon need rear wheel bearings (and sneaking in the question, how far will they go between the first noise and giving up completely?). I am following Alistair's old blog because his techniques comes closes to the way I will be doing the work.
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> But upon consulting my bentley, I see on 42.4, "During repairs on vehicles prior to VIN 25ZBH119362 install new sleeves and axle nuts and torque nuts to 500 Nm."
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> What are the thoughts on "always replace" in this case? If it's important, who offers a kit and if no one, what are the part numbers? I already have all bearings and seals I need. I just didn't anticipate spacers and the nut.
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> Thanks,
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> Jim
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