Help! Squeak! Clink! (or something)

[Sebastian Costin]

Hi,

I never said it was rumbling. The sound is a high pitch sqeak / sqeal /
clink (like 2 pieces of metal either scraping / rubbing or clinking into
each other).

So far, this is what I could gather as the sound's particularities:

- it's in the rear of the car 
- it occurs on the smallest road imperfection (even slightly rugged asphalt)

- it doesn't matter whether I'm steering or going straight
- it doesn't matter the speed (no alteration of the noise w/ speed increase,
occurs as soon as the car is moving)
- it's somewhere between the rear seat and the trunk (I've had somebody
riding in the rear seat and in the trunk and it's somewhere in between)
- apparently it's coming from the right wheel
- goes away when it rains outside
- goes away when the trunk is loaded
- it's louder with the rear seat backrest removed
- I can't replicate it by pulling the exhaust (so I suppose it's not it,
especially since it seems to come from the right side of the car)
- I've changed the rear brake shoes and it's still there
- I've had inner brake mechanism (yes, I have drum brakes on the rear)
thoroughly cleaned / lubed / adjusted and and it's still there
- so far, the only possible way to replicate it (with the car stopped) is to
engage the handbrake and kick (quite hard) (any of) the rear wheels at 12
and 2 o'clock.

- ... and, finally, it's been driving me NUTS for several months now

Any ideas / BTDTs ?? (please, list members!!!!!!). A lot of thanks to Per
for his support!!!

Sebastian Costin

PS: I don't have daily access to a ramp to look underneath and for every
intervention on the car I have to pay some top $$$s at the service (no real
conditions for DIY jobs in the parking lot), so I really can't afford
fumbling around too much with this. PLEASE be as specific as you can!

Thanks A LOT!!!

SC



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Per Lindgren [SMTP:lindgre at online.no]
> Sent:	Thursday, February 15, 2001 01:56
> To:	Sebastian Costin
> Subject:	Re: worn bearing
> 
> 
> 
> Sebastian Costin wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been to my mechanic today and had him adjust and lube the rear
> brakes -
> > didn't get rid of the noise and the wheel bearing seems fine (no free
> play).
> > However, I did find out that the opposite (left) wheel bearing seems
> quite
> > worn (some free play). Question: is it possible to hear a noise from the
> > rear right when in fact the rear left bearing is worn?
> 
> I dont think so, I've never experienced just that. If the bearings are OK
> on
> your car, I cant imagine anything else than something's rubbing or
> dragging
> in/on your rear brakes. That would make a scraping noise though, not
> rumbling
> like you described it.
> 
> >
> >
> > Thx a lot and sorry for the continous disturbance
> 
> Oh, dont worry about it. I live and breathe VW/Audis :-)
> 
> PerL