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Wheel Bearing?



Here's a noet asking for creative ideas on a noise.

For at least two years, we have heard a rattle rom the RF corner of 
our 1990 200 when going over bumps with the windows open.  I've 
checked the bumper, body aprts in front, grille, etc. and can't fidn a 
darn thing that's loose.  Nor can I find anything loose on the 
suspension adjacent to or connected to the RF wheel.

Hmmm.

Recently, we've noticed a clicking sound - not all the time, but 
often - from that same LF corne while cruising at low speed.  We're 
house-hunting and so have been doing a lot of 20 mph slow cruises 
down residential streets with the windows open - perfect for hearing 
clicks.....

I'm thinking a wheel bearing is announcing problems.  However, I'm 
not sure how to test and confirm this.  I know others have BTDT 
and I would welcome any suggestions on testing or methods of 
confirming whether a wheel bearing is the culprit.

TIA...
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Al Powell
Apowell@EZlink.com
1958 Fiat 1200 Spyder "Transformabile"
1983 Datsun 280ZXT
1990 Audi 200
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