Re: [tech] front suspension help

[Rich Deede----TOOL FAN <rdeed@udel.edu>]

Maybe it's you heat shields right behind the rotors, mine use to make a
rattling noise.

HTH,
Rich

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Rich Deede
University of Delaware(Comm. major)
1987 VW scirocco 16v

On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, faust wrote:

> 
> Here is the problem; (88 16v)
> 
> 	There is a loose, rattling noise, coming from the front right of the car. 
> The 	noise goes away when accelerating or decelerating, but it very
> noticable 	when coasting, especially at low speeds.  Making turns in either
> direction do 	not affect it.  The noise sounds like a  pencil being rattled
> around inside a 	glass bottled.
> 
> 	I know that it is not the ball joint, I'm fairly certain that it is not
> the cv joint.
> 	It may be the wheel bearing, but as I said, it is a rattling noise, not a 
> growling noise and making turns does not affect it.
> 
> My Question:
> 
> 	With the front jacked up, there is approximately 1/8" verticle play in the
> top 	of the strut (between the plastic spacer and the bearing plate that
> bolts to 	the chassis).
> 	Is this normal?  It seems to be about the same as on the drivers side, and
> 	yet that side is not making any noise.  When I move the strut up and down 
> rapidly, the noise it makes seems similar to the one I'm trying to find. 
> Is 	his it?  Any pointers?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> later,
> Greg Faust
> 
> 85 Mazda RX7 
> 86 Jetta Deluxe 2dr
> 87 GLi  
> 88 Scirocco 16v (206k miles and counting)
> 
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