Front disks and ball joints - the silencing of honey!

Me and anyone who has driven in Honey where fond of her charm and character. While driving she would squawk and squeak and when coming to a halt she would hummmm.



Her most recent operation was to look at her front disks, Calipers and her ball joints. As it turned out her front disks needed to be replaced and her ball joints where pretty much knackered (not having much experience in vw campervans I failed to check these when I bought her and of course this was not mentioned to me by the dealer).



Above: Old disks and Caliper. Honeys unique hummmmm was caused by the severely degregated disks. We converted the front brakes and disks to a 1972 - 1979 set (Below).



The following is a picture of the ball joints we took out. Take a close look at the center joint - one hard bump and that could very well have popped out causing the front wheel to fall sideways and the vehicle to swerve off the road... Very dangerous and should be on the list of things to check when buying these vehicles.



Below: An easy way to remove the rubber housing of the ball joints is to burn them off!



Synopses: After replacing the ball joints and the brake disks Honey is driving a lot better. While she does not have as much character as she did when I first bought her - I certainly feel a lot safer on the road!