<VV> squeak and chirp

[RoboMan91324@aol.com]

Hi Steve,

I am a little behind reading my postings so you may have resolved the issue 
already.  A quick question / suggestion.  Have you tried removing the drum and 
checking the brakes?  If not, do so before you get into the axles, bearings 
and differential.  Take off the wheel and drum and turn the hub to see if the 
drag and noise continues.  This will identify or eliminate the brakes as the 
source of your problem and you can dig further elsewhere if necessary.  Also, you 
already have the car jacked up so crawl under there and have someone turn the 
drum as you have been doing.  With your head between the diff and the drum / 
brake assembly, from which direction is the noise coming?  That should tell 
you where to focus your attention.

Good luck,
Doc
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In a message dated 7/25/2004 6:20:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
virtualvairs-request@corvair.org writes:

> Message: 7
> To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 19:08:19 -0500
> From: Lauren C Mizel <slmizel@juno.com>
> Subject: <VV> squeak and chirp (c)
> 
> Being a rookie stinks because you feel dumb asking such basic 
> questions...but rookie I am and dumb I will be until I learn from experience (breaking 
> something) or wisdom (I prefer the latter).  My next move has been to try to 
> remove the axle on the rear passenger side to find out if the trouble is with the 
> wheel bearing or differential...that is where I have been for the last 
> several hours.  I have never removed an axle before, so I consulted the shop 
> manual.  I took off the conectors on the U joints and jacked up the wheel (like 
> the shop manual instructs), but I have had zero luck "prying" the axle out of 
> the U joint yokes...I
> even tried removing the lower control arm thinking that might help, but 
> found I couldn't because when I try to back the bolt out it hits the back 
> (front?) of the engine before it gets clearance to come out completely.  Should I 
> just get out my heavy duty pry bar and tork on that sucker with all I've got 
> (from what I have tried previously, I think I will have to rig some sort of 
> extention on the end of my pry bar if that is the case because I am not getting 
> that thing to move so far)? 
> 
> Steve Mizel the Rookie, St. Louis
> CORSA
> 65 Corsa Vert 140/4