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Re: MGB: Strange knocking sound

To: jroverca@tiac.net
Subject: Re: MGB: Strange knocking sound
From: kgstuart@juno.com (RANDELL S KEGG)
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 19:32:55 PST
It sounds like a wheel bearing to me..........

Randy Kegg




On Sun, 15 Sep 1996 16:27:23 -0400 (EDT) jroverca@tiac.net writes:
>Hi All,
>
>I've developed a strange knocking sound in the front right of my 74B.  
>It is
>pretty loud. I know this because when I went to get an inspection 
>sticker
>the other day the meechanic could hear it as I drove up. Yes it 
>passed.  He
>couldn't find the knock.  OK I don't believe it's the wheel bearings, 
>I know
>the bushings need replacement, but so do others that I know and thier 
>cars
>don't knock!  The alignment isn't to bad, the car will still go in a
>realitively straight line (countour of the road allowed for) with out 
>my
>hands on the wheel! (in a parking lot at slow speed).  So a friend 
>suggests,
>maybe a belt has worn through the inside of the tire!!  Well anything 
>is
>possible right!  I switch tires knock is still there.  I notice when 
>I'm
>putting the origianl tire back on that the wheel doesn't turn passed a
>certain point with out a lot of effort!  So I pllay around with it and 
>it
>seems to bind up in one spot then turns freely.  So I jack up the 
>other side
>of the car and that wheel turns just fine.  So I think I've found the
>problem:  the wheel is binding on something.  Now what could it be!  I
>recently replaced brake hoses, rebuilt my rear wheel cylindars and 
>bleed the
>whole system.  I'm thinking that maybe I need to rebleed the system 
>again?
>Could there bee too much pressure in the lines that is causeing the 
>brake on
>that side to not release sufficiently?  Could it just be that the 
>rotor has
>become warped somehow and needs replacement.  Does anyone have any 
>ideas?
>
>Sorry I'm so long winded, my wife constantly accuses me of this, 
>
>Thanks in advance for any assistance,
>
>Safety Fast!
>
>Ross Overcash, 74B NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer MA
>
>Ross Overcash, 74B, NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer, MA.
>
>

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