What could this noise be? Was Re: So what are you all up to?

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

Yep!! I had a wierd clunk in (your ex) Cabby which I thought was strut
bearings, but they were pretty new and looked decent enough/tight. Turned
out to be lacking anti-rattle clips on the front, so when you hear it, try
depressing the brake slightly and see if it goes away. IIRC it was most
annoying when changing from frontwards to backwards motion.
Cathy


>
> Now on to the thread hijack:
>
> After installing a battery from the black 16v (yes, it's
> still here), I went for a spin to discover that I still
> have my mystery clunk / squeek coming from the front right.
>  I've been chasing this problem for quite some time now and
> I'm at a loss as to what it could be.  Pretty much
> everything in the front suspension is new - strut bearings,
> a-arms, ball joints & axles.  The noise occurs most
> prevelantly (is that a word?) when changing direction -
> forward to backward.  It is sometimes heard when going
> left-to-right however as well.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions?  This noise was here before I
> rebuilt the front end.  'Tis on the '88 16v.
>
>
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> '81 Scirocco S (Deiter)       '85 Scirocco 8v (Shadow)
> '86 Scirocco 8v               '88 Scirocco Slegato (Gino!)
> '88 Scirocco 16v              '56 Cessna 172
> The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts -
> Ehrlich's Law.
>
>
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