DeTomaso Mailing List: January 00, Message #71

DtomasoCat@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/2/00 9:08:05 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> tjsher@earthlink.net writes:
>
> << hi all, just went out for a ride in#5672 today...went over a few bumps
>  in the road and heard a clunking noise comming from the passanger side
>  in the front(wheel).  jacked up front end and found that my wheel has
>  about a half inch of slop in it from side to side.  also brake assembly
>  was very hot, wheel is also kinda hard to spin..........whats happening
>  here????
>   >>
>
> Could be several things but if things are hot, it sounds like your wheel
> bearings have gone south.  It that's what has happened, it is a cheap fix as
> long as it hasn't torn up anything else.
>
> Jim Demick
> New Mexico

I'd also venture that the steering rack bushing is shot.  That's what is most
likely making the clunking noise.  The wheel bearings may be shot as well OR it
could be sticking brakes on that side.  That will also tranmist heat throughout
the entire wheel.

Asa Jay




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