Excerpts from internet.listserv.vanagon: 25-Apr-95 Squeaking from front
end (s.. by Matt Weatherford@atl.com 
> My vanagon is just about the noisiest animal I have ever
> experienced- (a notch above riding on the back of a wild boar)
> Id like some advice on eliminating one of the most annoying sounds:
>  
> The spare tire under the front end seems to squeak and groan
> as it rubs against the metal sandwich it is contained in.

I _JUST_ had this noise repaired in my van, The Slug.
It was worn upper control arm bushings making the offending racket.
QUITE a difference...

It _COULD_ be your spare, but sak the shop that did the front end work
if they swapped out the control arm bushings....
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Buz...                          
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