Re: [T3] Contagious Broken-Back

[stans4@ix.netcom.com (Stan Schaefer)]

Sounds like you've got the problem pretty well localized.
Well, I once had some odd sounds in the rear, turned out it was the
rear hub nut on the passenger side that had gotten loose.  The hub was
shucking ba�8�orth.  Check those out first.  It's a good thing
you've got it off the road, some folks would just turn up the radio.
I've not experienced it yet, but I've read that CV joints start to
click when they've reached the end of the road.  Just another
possibility you might want to check.  Always a good thing to check out
the condition of the boots, anyway.

On Tue, 23 Feb 1999 22:10:15 -0800, you wrote:

>   A few weeks ago, on occasion while accelerating away from a stoplight,
>   (mild acceleration) I heard this "click, click, click" sound coming
>   from what sounded like under the rear of the car.  The faster you 
>   went, the faster the clicking noise became until about 30 mph, when
>   it disappeared. 
>   The sound started to occur with greater frequency.  I have noticed
>   that the sound occurs only when the car is in gear and the gas pedal
>   is pressed.  If you are at 25, take foot off gas, noise goes away.
>   If you are at 25 shift into neutral and then speed engine up, no 
>   noise.  Put car in gear and speed up, you get noise.  Last week, 
>   the "click, click, click" turned into a rather loud "Clack, Clack
>   Clack".  I had a freind look at the car and while he drove it, I
>   bounced around the back seat trying to hear where the noise is 
>   coming from, sounds like the rear wheel hub.  Braking action is 
>   normal with no pulling, etc.  Brakes were done last summer, btw.
>
>   Now the noise is constant, and I put the car in the garage as I 
>   feel that continued driving would probably be harmful until the 
>   problem can be diagnosed.  Any suggestions anybody? HAs anyone
>   experienced this one?
>
>   Thanks in advance-
>   Allen 
>   1970 FI and Auto Square
>
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