Diagnose: severe clunking

[nicadimus@hotmail.com (Elijah R)]

I wouldn't rule out the wheel bearing as far as the clunking goes. this 
weekend I pulled the drivers axel out of my cabby because of a clunking 
sound thinking it was a CV joint go bad. at low speeds it sound like hammer 
hitting the lower control arm intermitently. With the axel out and just for 
fun I spun the wheel and it turned, clunked the ceased. I tried it a few 
more time and it would do much the same thing every time. After removing the 
hub the peices of the bearing wear easily removed. I was pleaslenty 
surprised, and saved from buying a CV.
anywho just my lil tid bit of the morning, lol


Elijah

86 16v






>From: "Rabbit16v" <Rabbit16v@attbi.com>
>To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Diagnose: severe clunking
>Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 22:17:38 -0800
>
>Well, there are only so many things to check.  A bearing rarely makes a
>clunking noise so you can rule that out, the rack mounts wouldn't cause a
>clucking but weird steering, so the remaining possibilities exist: 1.  Ball
>joint   2.  Strut bearing  3.  Inner or outer tie rods  4.  Either one of
>the lower control arm bushings either gone or loose.  All I can think of 
>now
>unless it is a loose strut camber bolt or loose caliper bolt.  Let us know
>what you find!!
>
>Dave
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tobias ><" <scirocco16v88@hotmail.com>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 6:52 PM
>Subject: Diagnose: severe clunking
>
>
> >
> > After our little run in the mountains I got my car back bruised. Already
> > determined that at least one wheel bearing is shot.
> >
> > Now, under quick or jerky acceleration, at some low speed on uneven 
>roads
>I
> > get a severe clunking coming from the front of the car. My impression is
>the
> > ball joints are toast --- I've never heard what bad ball joints sound 
>like
> > though. No other signs .. no other funky noises or weirdness in the
> > steering. No clunking while driving at speed or going around corners (at
> > least from what I can hear, which isn't much since the car rattles in
>every
> > dang corner)
> >
> > This sound is like a lose swaybar hitting against the body. I
>doublechecked
> > the swaybar connections, strut tiebar bolts and anything else that I 
>could
> > pull on or torque down.
> >
> > The Bentley however fails to diagnose "clunking" hehe, and I can't crawl
> > under the car till I get it in someone elses driveway.
> >
> > Any pointers to the possible culprit are appreciated.
> >
> > T
> >
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