<div><div>You could also have a shock that has gone bad. Look for fluid leaking out. </div><div><br/></div><div><font style="color:#333333"><i>Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID</i></font></div></div><br><br>daniel--- via Novacc-list <novacc-list@corvair.org> wrote:<br><br><p>Seems like a simple and reasonable explanation. If a lugnut fell off, conceiveably road noise would mask the sound of it rattling around between the rim and the hubcap. I'll pry off the hubcap when I get home to investigate.</p><p>Other
ideas?</p><p>daniel</p><p> </p><p><br />---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------<br />
Subject: Re: [NoVa-Corvairs] misc.<br />
From: "Andrew Sorensen via Novacc-list" <novacc-list@corvair.org><br />
Date: Fri, October 31, 2014 7:41 am<br />
To: "Northern Va Corvair Club" <novacc-list@corvair.org><br />
"daniel@danielgoldberg.net" <goldie@danielgoldberg.net><br />
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> Hello,<br />
><br />
> In responce to the shuttering, my truck experienced the same effect. It was<br />
> rhythmic as well. The problem was my truck had proceded to fling all the<br />
> lug nuts off of one the rear wheels. It was not noticable at slow speeds,<br />
> around town, but at high speeds it was scary (I must make it known that I<br />
> did not notice the loss of the nuts). I only learned of the loss of the<br />
> nuts when the truck had the disagreeing tire launch its self from the truck<br />
> while going down the highway. You may have a loose tire which is resonating<br />
> at the high speeds. Or a missing wheel weight.<br />
><br />
> Just my two cents.<br />
><br />
> Andrew<br />
> On Oct 30, 2014 9:28 PM, "daniel--- via Novacc-list" <<br />
> novacc-list@corvair.org> wrote:<br />
><br />
>> Hey.<br />
>><br />
>> After I installed stock muffler hangers a few weeks back, my Corvair began<br />
>> to leak massive amounts of oil from the left side. Unfortunately, I<br />
>> couldn't tend to it immediately due to work commitments, but it seemed as<br />
>> though the leak was coming from the oil cooler, which has to be removed in<br />
>> order to fit the left hanger.<br />
>><br />
>> Yesterday I got in there and actually made the massive oil leak downright<br />
>> catastrophic by reversing the seals. I was under a mistaken belief that I<br />
>> had put the seals in backwards because one side had a ridge. However, as<br />
>> Bryan told me the seals are actually straight-cut cylinders which develop a<br />
>> ridge over time. Happily, I had ordered new seals; after digging them out I<br />
>> found that, sure enough, they were straight-cut cylinders.<br />
>><br />
>> Today I installed the new seals and the engine seems oil-tight. The new<br />
>> seals were at least twice as long as the old ones, meaning that the old<br />
>> ones had become compressed with age and just weren't getting the job done<br />
>> anymore after I had disturbed them.<br />
>><br />
>> Anyway, a different problem is making itself known and I need help with a<br />
>> diagnosis. Every now and again when I'm going at highway speeds I can feel<br />
>> a juddering coming from the rear of the car -- possibly the right rear, but<br />
>> definitely the rear. Hitting the brake makes it worse, although the car<br />
>> does slow down. Frankly, it's unnerving because it feels as if the whole<br />
>> car is going to shake itself apart. The juddering doesn't occur on city<br />
>> streets where I'm not going as fast. No noise accompanies the juddering<br />
>> although the feeling is somewhat rhythmic.<br />
>><br />
>> Thoughts?<br />
>><br />
>> daniel<br />
>><br />
>> ><br />
>><br />
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