EVERY time from EVERY dead stop or just the first like the first time
you move in the morning?
    If the former I couldnt say what the trouble is but if the latter check
the breaks on that side. Once I had a rotor that "stuck" to one of the pads
due to some kind of gunk that was splashed on there and I guess got imbedded
in the pads. The "clunk" I heard in the morning was the rotor "breaking
free" of the pad after being stuck overnight. I have no idea what the "gunk"
was or where it came from but a fresh set of break pads and a little
scrubbing of the rotor fixed it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Jeffrey R
Sent: Sat, March 20, 1999 3:10 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:

When starting from a dead stop there is a clunk which seems to be coming
from the passenger front wheel/suspension area. A preliminary look both on
the
ground and jacked up did not reveal any glaring problems.

I understand the torsion bar could be suspect. Is there a trick to
investigating this. It appears fine, but I understand a crack can be
ellusive. (I have a 2-wheel drive 83.5 Westy)

TIA
Jeff
83.5 Westy
NYC