[FC] Rear end noise

David Ziegler, III corvanatics@corvair.org
Sat Apr 26 20:16:01 2003


Did your mechanic clean and re-grease them before installation?

Dave Ziegler
CORVAIR THERAPY
mechanical repair, light restoration




>From: "Charles M. Wrobel" <r75@shaw.ca>
>Reply-To: corvanatics@corvair.org
>To: "corvanatics@corvair.org" <corvanatics@corvair.org>
>Subject: [FC] Rear end noise
>Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 10:51:36 -0700
>
>Gentlemen
>
>There is an unkown noise coming from my van's rear end.
>It is kind of a low volume muffled "tock". It is in
>sequence with the rotation of the wheel. I think one
>revolution equals one tock but I will be checking that.
>I jacked the left rear wheel off the ground keeping the
>spring under load and turned the wheel but no sound. The
>bearings sound fine.
>
>Also, and probably related, there is a mild squeaking
>rhythm when decelerating in second gear. It sounds much
>like dry u-joint but my u-joints are new under six
>months old and installed by mechanic.
>
>any thoughts?, thanks
>
>Charles
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