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CV Joint Failure?
On Mar 27, 1:07*pm, "Chuck" > wrote:
> Since the car has an "open" rear end instead of a limited slip, it's > possible to jack the side up and block the wheels on the other side, > then use a rod or stethoscope to find the noise source. (Engine running, car > in gear etc. requires careful attention to safety.) What good is that gonna do if it's a tire as I suggested? There is also no way in hell *I* would do that! |
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CV Joint Failure?
Ron wrote:
> On Mar 27, 1:07 pm, "Chuck" > wrote: >> Since the car has an "open" rear end instead of a limited slip, it's >> possible to jack the side up and block the wheels on the other side, >> then use a rod or stethoscope to find the noise source. (Engine running, car >> in gear etc. requires careful attention to safety.) > > What good is that gonna do if it's a tire as I suggested? > > There is also no way in hell *I* would do that! is this what he is sugesting? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdRpnK5MGQ8 sounds pretty dangerous to me, but also pretty cool that he had the nerve to do it and that it worked! |
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CV Joint Failure?
In the "old days" you dynamically balanced tires on the car. Hunter made a
machine that spun up unpowered wheels, and you used the power train to spin powered wheels. A disk assembly with center adjustment knobs was mounted/clamped to the wheel. Windows on the disk assembly showed where and how much weight to add. There were problems with this method when disk brakes first came into common use. Seems that the disk brakes put a small load on the spinning wheel, and the Hunter units did not have enough power, eventually leading to a burnt out Hunter unit motor. You can use the method with a limited slip axle if you have both driven wheels off the ground and the car properly restrained. It's necessary to have additional to ground clearance, since the tires expand with the spin speed. The open axle allows the single wheel to spin at "double speed", thus 30mph on the speedo (if it reads at all) is a 60mph spin speed on the wheel. "Christopher Muto" > wrote in message t... > Ron wrote: >> On Mar 27, 1:07 pm, "Chuck" > wrote: >>> Since the car has an "open" rear end instead of a limited slip, it's >>> possible to jack the side up and block the wheels on the other side, >>> then use a rod or stethoscope to find the noise source. (Engine running, >>> car >>> in gear etc. requires careful attention to safety.) >> >> What good is that gonna do if it's a tire as I suggested? >> >> There is also no way in hell *I* would do that! > > is this what he is sugesting? > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdRpnK5MGQ8 > sounds pretty dangerous to me, but also pretty cool that he had the nerve > to do it and that it worked! |
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CV Joint Failure?
I did use this method to isolate the problem to the right rear. It worked
fine, the problem side was obvious. I didn't do it in a garage though. Now I'm working on the Spindle nut !@#$%! Ephar & Bambi '92 A |
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