Also, there appears to be no movement from the strutt bearing. The strutt will not budge.
Mark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Reda" <[email protected]> To: "a2list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 6:58 PM Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Front End Problem > I spent a few hours this afternoon taking off the Driver's side CV/Axle. > The boot covering each joint looks great and there are very few cracks. > > Is it possible for a CV joint to go bad even if the boot is intact? > > Mark Reda. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Lagnese" <[email protected]> > To: "Mark Reda" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 5:06 PM > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Front End Problem > > > > Mine did that, but also on turns. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mark Reda" <[email protected]> > > To: "a2list" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 2:27 PM > > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Front End Problem > > > > > > > I thought strutt bearings would only clunk or thump while on bumpy > > surfaces. > > > > > > Mark. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "John Lagnese" <[email protected]> > > > To: "Mark Reda" <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 2:25 PM > > > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Front End Problem > > > > > > > > > > How many miles? I'd check them out. My 83 GTI had a similar problem > and > > it > > > > was the strut bearings. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Mark Reda" <[email protected]> > > > > To: "a2list" <[email protected]> > > > > Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 2:12 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Front End Problem > > > > > > > > > > > > > I replaced the strutt bearings on these shocks with G60 bearings > about > > 4 > > > > > years ago. > > > > > > > > > > Mark. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "John Lagnese" <[email protected]> > > > > > To: "Chad Rebuck" <[email protected]>; "Adam Frank" > > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > > Cc: <[email protected]> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 1:57 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Front End Problem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Has the strut bearing been checked? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Chad Rebuck" <[email protected]> > > > > > > To: "Adam Frank" <[email protected]> > > > > > > Cc: <[email protected]> > > > > > > Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 9:41 AM > > > > > > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Front End Problem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jack up the front side of the car and wiggle the wheel, smack > the > > > > wheel > > > > > > > with the palm of your hand, etc. Check for play when you have > > your > > > > > hands > > > > > > > at the top/bottom of the wheel, and when you have your hands on > > the > > > > > > > left/right of the wheel. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 10 May 2003, Adam Frank wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > OMFG!! THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT MY GLI IS DOING RIGHT NOW AS > WELL!! > > > > > > > > PLEASE! if any of you know what this is, I need to know. I > > stopped > > > > > > driving > > > > > > > > the car when this sound started, I thought I had cracked a CV > > > joint. > > > > > If > > > > > > im > > > > > > > > wrong, I love to know what is causing this sound and what > broke. > > > Its > > > > > > even > > > > > > > > coming from then same side as Marks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > > From: "Mark Reda" <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > To: "a2list" <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 6:15 AM > > > > > > > > Subject: [a2-16v-list] Front End Problem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Last night while driving I noticed a slight "Thump" sound from > > the > > > > > > front, > > > > > > > > driver's side. > > > > > > > > As I drove further the occasional "Thump" became more frequent > > and > > > > > > seemed to > > > > > > > > occur when I was decellerating (without braking), or began to > > > brake. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The thump sounded similar to when the disk-style bushing on > the > > > > front > > > > > > > > control arm was worn so bad that the control arm banged up > > against > > > > the > > > > > > > > underside of the car on acceleration. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was in a bumpy parking lot making a few right turns and the > > > thump > > > > > > became > > > > > > > > very pernounced and constant. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Could this be a wheel bearing problem or a CV joint problem? > > > > > > > > 2 years ago I replaced the tie-rod ends and ball joints with > TRW > > > (VW > > > > > > OEM) > > > > > > > > parts. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Mark Reda. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > > > > > > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > > > > > > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > > > > > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > > > > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > > > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above.
