[Vwdiesel] confirm or ?

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Tires are new and were just recently rotated and balanced.  With the front wheels off the ground with no load, I cannot repeat the sound.  I have checked everything that rotates and there is nothing dragging that would produce the definite metal to metal grinding I am hearing.  The spindles came off an 85 Cabriolet that may have been pushed around a lot without a transmission or axles installed (they were inside the car). When I pull the spindles/knuckles I will of course have good access to the axle shafts so I will check those out again.  BTW the sound definitely gets grumblier when I am turning at low speeds, not the clicking sound that I have heard from CV joints.  The sound is completely disassociated from the transmission because it makes the noise in gear, out of gear or with the clutch in or out.  I just changed the rear wheel bearings, inners and outers and they don’t make any sound and both wheels turn nicely with just enough give in the bearings.  Hayden

On Nov 24, 2013, at 10:20 PM, lbaird119 at aol.com wrote:

> 
>  Mostly it sounds like a wheel bearing unless it's not making a sound when jacked up.  (jack by the control arm and spin it up, then do the other).  Had one that both sounded "fine" because one wasn't noisier than the other.  Both had bad wheel bearings!
>  If the noise is GONE when it's jacked up, swap tires and see if it moves to the back or such.  Had one tire starting to delaminate that made some noise rather than bump along.  
>    Loren
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