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Re: [T3] rear wheel clicks
On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 20:55, Greg Merritt wrote:
>
> My right rear wheel on my '69 seems to have developed a
> clicking sound proportional to road speed, independent of engine
> speed or gear or braking. It gets louder when I turn to the left,
> and nearly goes away when I turn to the right. When I grab the wheel
> at 12 o'clock and pull, I get/feel a bit of play or clunk that I do
> *not* feel in the other rear wheel.
>
> Wheel bearings? CV joint(s)? Loose hub? How should I proceed
> to diagnose?
>
Loose hub would be my guess. Look for rust around the axle nut, or
inside the hubcap.
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Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT
'71 FB AT
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org
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