I recently started noticing a knocking sound in the rear, possibly left rear
of my '80 VanagonL.  It seems to increase with RPM and stop when I push the
clutch in until I engage the next gear.  It seems to stop after I've driven
for a while.  Also, I hear a knocking/creaking when I turn on a hill
sometimes.

The noise seems to go away after I've driven for a while and things warm up.

I can't really see anything obvious.  I did manage to bang the rear of the
sliding door and front of the rear quarter a couple weeks back trying to
turn right into our driveway but didn't swing wide enough...hit the front of
the front driver's fender of my '69 Chevy Malibu...ouch!  Didn't do enough
damage to mess up anything other than cosmetics on either vehicle though.

Any ideas?  CV joints?  At least that's what they look like...They have a
boot and a shaft to take power to the rear wheels.  In my old Chevy Citation
they used to give me trouble when I turn the wheel (front wheel drive) when
they were going bad.  Do these need to be greased?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Sincerely
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Wil

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