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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. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org