Wheel bearing? Prob'ly, but...

[silvius14 at comcast.net (silvius14@comcast.net)]

I had a similar problem with RoadKill my 1982 Rocco.  RoadKill would experience a slapping sound coming from one of the front wheels.  Sometimes it would occur when turning or sometimes just going straight.  I was fearing the worst, so I decided to look at the front wheels.

Since I was going that far I decided to change the front pads (since who knows when they were last done) and that was it.  The problem was just the old brake pads.

Hope this helps...............

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: julie@menloparkrandd.com 

> Good points. First I have to work out why its stopped running. 
> It really is a rocc :) 
> 
> >-----Original Message----- 
> >From: Karl Krupke [mailto:kkrup62@hotmail.com] 
> >Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2006 09:00 PM 
> >To: julie@menloparkrandd.com, amalventano1@tds.net, scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
> >Subject: Re: Wheel bearing? Prob'ly, but... 
> > 
> >Just for grins, doesn't hurt to take a quick look at brakes before going to 
> >the effort of replacing wheel bearings. Could be a chunk of gunge caught 
> >against the rotor, or possibly a anti-noise spring that's broken or been hit 
> >by a rock... 
> > Get the front off the ground and turn wheels by hand (and if the 
> >bearings ARE bad you'll probably feel some slop and/or grind in one of 'em). 
> >It probably is a bad bearing, but could be anything at all that rotates with 
> >the wheels; brake rotor, half-shaft... 
> > It'd suck to do bearings and still have noise (though I agree, do both 
> >at the same time. Not that much more trouble, and you only have to realign 
> >one time). 
> > 
> >Karl 
> > 
> >>From: julie@menloparkrandd.com 
> >>To: "Allyn" , julie@menloparkrandd.com,"'Org, 
> >>Scirocco'" 
> >>Subject: Re: Wheel bearing? 
> >>Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 19:28:59 +0000 
> >> 
> >>< cough, aaaHummm> 
> >>ARRRGGG 
> >> 
> >> >-----Original Message----- 
> >> >From: Allyn [mailto:amalventano1@tds.net] 
> >> >Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2006 01:44 PM 
> >> >To: julie@menloparkrandd.com, ''Org, Scirocco'' 
> >> >Subject: RE: Wheel bearing? 
> >> > 
> >> >Replace both. Sciroccos have a nasty habbit of audibally 'tricking' you 
> >>into thinking its one side, when its actually the other. 
> >> >Also, if one is failing, chances are the other will in short order. 
> >> >Al 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> >> -----Original Message----- 
> >> >> From: julie@menloparkrandd.com [mailto:julie@menloparkrandd.com] 
> >> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 11:03 AM 
> >> >> To: Org, Scirocco 
> >> >> Subject: Wheel bearing? 
> >> >> 
> >> >> I hear a cyclical grinding on the front DS of the car. It 
> >> >> changes a bit whil turning, but not much. 
> >> >> 
> >> >> Is the wheel hub the same from an 81 MKI to the 87 MKII? If 
> >> >> its the bearing, I would just like to swap it out on the weekend. 
> >> >> 
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