Jeff,
It sounds like you have a loose component in the drive train. That component
could be a U-Joint owing to the fact that when you are
coasting, the sound goes away.
Joe
Jeff Gruber wrote:
>
> Dudes,
> I took my newly acquired 77 Spit to the store for tires. (Thanks to
> those who helped me determine a good tire size.) It now has four nice, new
> 175/70s and a noise coming from the right rear wheel. Hurumph, hurumph,
> hurumph, hurumph, hurumph, hurumph, as I drive down the road.
>
> And it seems to be getting worse each time.
>
> Keep in mind that before I bought this car, the most I knew about
> British sports cars, was that I wanted one.
>
> When they put the car on the lift to change the tires, the rear wheels
> drooped. Are they supposed to do that? When they change the tires are
> they supposed to do anything special to support the wheels or anything like
> that?
>
> Any ideas what the hurumph is?
>
> Thanks.
>
> PS The hurumph does increase with the speed of the car, but it goes away
> when you coast with the engine disengaged.
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