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Doug, In my experience, failing/failed CV joints don't tend to squeak. My guess would be either worn/out-of-alignment brake shoes, or dried-out/failing wheel bearings. John John McMahon Abilene, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Brashear" <dougbrashear@yahoo.com> To: <type3-d@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:39 AM Subject: [T3] SqueakSqueakSqueakSqueak > Hello all, > > The past few days I've been hearing a constant, > oscillating squeak coming from the right side of my > '73 Fastback. It only occurs when moving, and it > speeds up as the car does. The sound doesn't change > when I apply either the rear or front brakes, and only > goes away when I come to a stop. > > Seems that it's probably wheel or CV joint bearings, > but I just wanted to get your take on it. There are > none of the usual CV joint knocks that might indicate > an issue there, though. > > If it is the CV joint and the boots are in good shape, > is it possible for me to lubricate the existing joint? > Is this even worth trying? > > Obviously my first step is to jack up that side of the > car and rotate the front and rear wheels independent > of each other to see which is squeaking. If it is the > rear, though, how can I tell if the issue is with the > wheel breaing or the CV joints? > > Thanks in advance! > > - Doug :-) > Falls Church, VA > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >