[Healeys] Rear Knocking noise

[Len and/or Marge Hartnett]

Paul:  Since the 'knock' comes when "...starting to take off...", my 
experience was worn splines on the rear hub/wheel. To quote Norman Nock's 
Tech Talk, "The work "clunk" is a very good description of the sound made by 
a worn wire wheel hub or wheel splines..."

Engage the parking brake, jack up the rear wheels, move the wheels back and 
forth and see how much play there is.  There is a recommended maximum 
movement but I can not find the info at this time.

(The Other) Len
Vacaville, CA, USA
1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PG" <britishcars at shaw.ca>
To: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 2:46 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Rear Knocking noise


> Hi all,
> >
> I have a knock coming from my rear end that I am trying to track down.
>
> It occurs only 50% of the time.  Often when jarring the car forward such 
> as
> when engaging the overdrive and sometimes when starting to take off.
>
> paul
> _______________________________________________