Jeff -
Don't rule out that the tire may be failing (a belt speration perhaps).
Swap the wheels and tires around and see if the noise moves.
Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net
Jeff Boatright wrote:
>
> On the way home from work yesterday, a new noise was born on the Sprite. It
> is a muffled "thum... thum... thum... thum..." that varies with road speed
> but not engine rpm. It sounds like it's coming from the right rear
> tire/wheel/bearing area. It does not sound like metal on metal. In fact, it
> sounds like the beginnings of a flat tire, but the tire is not losing
> pressure. It _may_ lessen with application of the brakes (by pedal or hand
> brake), but I'm not 100% sure on that. I jacked the corner up and the noise
> is not apparent when spinning the tire by hand. Unfortunately, I did not
> have time to do anything else last night.
>
> Any thoughts? Is this a sign of a rear bearing going bad? The tire did not
> seem to have much side to side motion when I wiggled it.
>
> Thanks is advance,
>
> Jeff
>
> Jeff Boatright '65 Sprite MkIII __o_\__
> http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~jboatri/
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