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Re: [T3] rear wheel clicks


> The CV joints are another possibility for rear wheel clicks. Before you go and
> take stuff apart, try grabbing the axle shaft and yanking it back and forth,
> axially, a few times. Sometimes this repositions the CV joint parts and maybe
> redistributes some grease, and I've seen this actually make CV joint noises
> simply go away....

Ditto that.  Soon after I got my '69 three years ago, I noticed an
occasional click-click.  Especially going uphill.  The axels had no
"up/down" or "side/side" play.  So I moved the axles axially in/out several
times.  This made the clicking go away for a couple of years.  When the
clicking returned again recently, I did the same thing with the axles, and
the clicking went away again.

I guess I really need to get into the CVs soon just to re-grease them.  Car
has 127k miles, and I have no idea if the CVs have ever been serviced.

-Mark Fuhriman
 '69 Fastback

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