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- Subject: Re: Lunk, lunk, lunk -- wheel bearings?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.084104.165068@dstos3.dsto.gov.au>
- From: pzh@albatross.dsto.gov.au (Paul Heuer)
- Date: 11 Nov 92 08:41:02 CST
- References: <1992Nov5.161340.12308@dg-rtp.dg.com>
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- eliot@chutney.rtp.dg.com (Topher Eliot) writes:
-
- >My 80 Civic with 100K miles has started making a little lunk, lunk, lunk
- >sound when turn I left through an intersection (i.e. at greater than driveway
- >speed). As I recall this is a sign of wheel bearings starting to go. True?
-
- >If so, do I need to worry about it? Is there any reason not to just let it
- >go until it becomes really obvious? Will my wheel come off and leave me
- >dramatically stuck in the middle of an intersection (not to mention having
- >an interesting effect on the underside of my car :-)
-
- >--
- >Topher Eliot Data General DG/UX Systems Administration Development
- >(919) 248-6371 eliot@dg-rtp.dg.com
- >Obviously, I speak for myself, not for DG.
- >misc.consumers.house archivist. Send mail to house-archive@dg-rtp.dg.com
- >"I can understand Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but I can't understand mutually
- >recursive inline functions." --anon.
-
- The sound you describe is most likely to be a constant velocity (CV) joint on
- its way out. The CV joint is the rubber-booted thing at either end of the
- shafts running from the drivetrain assembly to the wheels on your car.
- Be warned, they are not cheap!
- Paul Heuer (pzh@aeg.dsto.gov.au)
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