OK, the consensus is the trunnion bolt or bushings in the left rear wheel
area. I'm looking at the VB catalog on page 126 (Rear Suspension). Are we
talking about the bushing kit (#18) as the "joint with the plastic sleeves"?
Dan Parrott
Savannah, Ga
-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Braun [mailto:doug@dougbraun.com]
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 6:23 PM
To: Daniel Parrott; spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: propshaft
I bet it's the trunnion joint (the joint with the plastic sleeves). I had
the same
symptoms once, and it disappeared after I rebuilt the joint on that
side.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 05:52 PM 3/17/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>My 1980 Spit has been experiencing a little problem of late. Almost every
>time I take off from a standing start, I hear a "thunk" from the left rear
>tire area. At first, I thought it was a stone under the left wheel that
>shot out from under the tire under acceleration, hitting the wheel well.
It
>does it just once, always from the left side. It has the tone of hard
metal
>hitting hard metal, with little or no ringing present. I can sometimes
feel
>the "thunk" as a vibration in the seat of my pants. When I accelerate
from
>the stop light, I'm more likely to hear it when I start out "smartly" than
>from a smooth acceleration.
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