[T3] knocking sound at a hard stop-front of car

[John L. Morgan IV]

No rust and all bolts are tight.  Jacked up car.  Got under it...put a
wrench onto everything.
Nothing is loose?
I took off each wheel and re-attached them as well, making sure they
were mounted evenly.  Under hard braking the knocking continues...


On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 1:27 AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> Then the wheel bearings are probably not part of the problem.
>
> I'd check the caliper mounting bolts, and look for rust on the face
> or edge of the rotor.
>
> On 1 Sep 2011 at 22:31, John L. Morgan IV wrote:
>
> > 1970fback
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On 1 Sep 2011 at 17:16, John L. Morgan IV wrote:
> > >
> > > > I think it might be loose WHEEL BEARINGS!
> > >
> > > What year is it? There was a change in the inner bearing in mid '68.
> > > Sometimes that leads to the wrong bearing getting installed. If the
> > > late bearing is installed in an early car, it will always be loose.
> > > I've only seen this once and the owner didn't complain about noise,
> > > only "loose" steering.
> > >
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