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Subject:Re: VC failure symptoms
From:Derek Drew
Date:Wed, 10 Sep 1997 19:07:37 -0400

Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 19:06:24 -0400
To: Joe Wagner <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
From: Derek Drew <drew@interport.net>
Subject: Re: VC failure symptoms

These do not sound like vc failures to me.

My VC has been failing steadily for the last year or so. The symptom is that
it gets so aggressive that it binds the vehicle severely in tight turns
after driving.

At 12:14 PM 9/10/97 -0400, you wrote:
On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Dan Soiney wrote:

>>> Can anyone that has had a syncro VC fail please tell me what your symptoms
>>> were?  I have a major vibration in the driveline somewhere that feels like
>>> a tire is square, but putting on the spare did not help.
>>     GOod Question!  I think mine is on it's way out. It has a small
>>     vibration at 35MPH only for the first 2 minute of running. After
>>     that you must stop for 1/2 hour to repeat the vibration. OH This
>>     is with the drive shaft out. With it in the vibration changes to
>>     45MPH, all the time.         Eric
>>
>>
>
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Derek Drew                           New York, NY
drew@interport.net