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Re: wheel bearings AND u-joints

To: doug@dougbraun.com
Subject: Re: wheel bearings AND u-joints
From: Bradley D Richardson <bradrichardson@juno.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 16:31:38 -0700
Doug,

Just did your suggestion.  The clunking stayed about the same, but the
'pitch' of the very light  clicks DID change.  Also climbed under the car
and gripped the suspected u-joint, and it did have a very 'slight'
movement, so small it's hardly detectable, but it's there, and not on the
other halfshaft, or on the drive shaft.

Sounds to me like it's the u-joint.

Brad

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On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 11:58:34 -0400 Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou
<doug@dougbraun.com> writes:
> A good check for blown halfshaft U-joints is to coast
> in neutral at about 20-25 MPH, and do gentle S-turns from side to 
> side.
> Listen for clunking and rumbling that changes as you turn (as the
> loading on each joint is varied).
> 
> Doug Braun
> '72 SPit
> 
> 
> 
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