[tcb] Re: Technical Question Alert!
- From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 19:32:35 -0800
The fan shroud is (normally) rather securely bolted down and will (normally)
hold the alternator/generator in place all by itself. However, the strap
"really" holds it down securely. It is possible without the strap in place at
all (Ronnie's situation) and with a fan that is turning really close to the
shroud it is possible that it could move enough to make contact and would make
a noise maybe like Ronnie was hearing. When he depressed the clutch or coasted
in neutral the engine is only idling and as a result with no load on the
fan/alternator the noise stopped. It's possible, VWs are unusual animals
sometimes, confounding the best of VW gurus.
On Monday, December 15, 2014 8:53 PM, Shirley Clark <txvwbuslady@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
okay, if hold down strap breaks, only thing holding alternator in place is
doghouse, right? the other end of the alternator is the belt pulling downward
kinda toward the crank, right? wow, did the doghouse keep the alternator from
coming off the stand? hope the new strap fixes everything.
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Ronnie <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I bought one at kermits today and will try it one night this week.
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>On Dec 15, 2014, at 5:30 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>Did you try it again after replacing the alternator hold down strap. It is
>possible it was moving around enough to allow the fan to touch the shroud.
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>>On Monday, December 15, 2014 10:20 AM, "dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
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>>Gland nut.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ronnie <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: tcb <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Sun, Dec 14, 2014 4:11 pm
>>Subject: [tcb] Re: Technical Question Alert!
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>>I changed the oil in the tranny and reduction boxes a couple of weeks
>>ago. The transmission oil looked good but I could see a little brass
>>in the RGB's if you looked at oil in the sunlight.
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>>The engine was rebuilt by Kermit before I installed .
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>>On Dec 14, 2014, at 4:00 PM, Bbauer2000 <bbauer2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>Thrust bearing in motor. How long ago was the motor rebuilt? What was
>>the end play? Was the case cut?
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>>On Dec 14, 2014, at 3:53 PM, "Ronnie Hughes"
>><dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx"
>>for DMARC) wrote:
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>>I didn't try kicking it into neutral.
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>>Just if you are going along and push the clutch in the noise stops.
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>>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2014 3:50 PM
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>>It rumbles when you are rolling in neutral?
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>>From: mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2014 3:16 PM
>>To: Tcb
>>Subject: [tcb] Technical Question Alert!
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>>Okay, I drove my bus a couple ofhundred miles this weekend and when I'm
>>cruising down the highway I can hear alow roar or rumble. If I coast
>>it continues, but if I push the clutch init stops.
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>>I replaced the clutch, throw outbearing and pressure plate when I was
>>rebuilding the bus so they only have a few1,000 miles.
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>>I replaced the rear transmissionmounts, but not the fronts.
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>>What do you
think?
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>>Ronnie
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