[RWebb]

This relates to a 1986 VW Vanagon with an automatic transmission:

I had a CV joint boot fail (after less than 1 year and 450 miles!) and while driving it in to the shop that originally did the work, I am now hearing a rumble or a growling noise at city speeds -- maybe up to 45 mph (have not taken it on the open hwy).

The Van has an auto. tranny but the noise appears to change with road speed, not with engine rpm.

Receipts from a PO state that the R. wheel bearings were repacked 38,000 miles ago (9 years ago), and I had the F. wheel bearings repacked or replaced just a couple of years ago.

I've always heard that bad CV joints make a clicking noise, that's not what I am hearing.



Could it possibly be anything else besides wheel bearings???