Yep Kevin, I do have hubcaps, but I took all of them off on Monday to check
the lug bolts for tightness. Nothing inside any of the hubcaps. No little
animals living in there or anything. Any other ideas on what I could look
for?? Thanks for the reply.
Tom Caperton
'47 2nd 3100
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Lake <lakek@OIT.EDU>
To: tcape <tcape@weblnk.net>; Oletrucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Thumping sound
>This may sound stupid, but do you have hubcaps? About four years ago my
>neighbors kid put a rock inside the hubcap. Between about 10 and 50 mph it
>made this annoying thud-thud-thud. Above and below that speed it was
>quiet. I wouldn't have caught it until I rotated tires, but the neighbor
>was telling me how his kid put a rock in a hubcap on all of his vehicles
>because he thought it sounded "neat" (so much for the amusement of a 10
>year old).
>
>Kevin Lake
>56 GMC Suburban/napco
>
>----------
>> From: tcape <tcape@weblnk.net>
>> To: Oletrucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>> Subject: [oletrucks] Thumping sound
>> Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 7:53 AM
>>
>> My '47 is making a thumping/clunking sound when the truck is going above
>10
>> mph and I can't seem to identify where it's coming from. It sounds like
>a
>> wheel is loose, but when I checked, they're all tight. The sound is the
>> same with the clutch in or out. Another thought I had was that it might
>be
>> a wheel rubbing a fender, but I don't find any evidence of that. Could
>it
>> be a wheel bearing? Anything else I should check?? TIA
>> Tom Caperton
>> '47 2nd 3100
>>
>>
>> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
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