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On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 10:37, Cody Andresen wrote: > This strange problem developed recently with my '70 Fastback > (automatic)... when I'm going uphill under a full load (crap in car > with passenger), a strange knocking starts to come from the read axle > (sounds like the left hand wheel well). If I let up on the gas, slow > up and then resume, the knocking will sometimes go away. This ONLY > happens when going uphill under full load. > > FYI- the hills I'm speaking about are extreme - I live in San > Francisco and the grades are in excess of 20%. > You might also check how tight the rear axle nut is on both sides. 254 ft-lbs. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT (It drove) '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/