Re[2]: Steering Adjust

[Toby Erkson <Toby_Erkson@ccm2.hf.intel.com>]

I took my baby in last night so there won't be any work on her until today. 
 My mechanic knows what to look for and he'll perform the normal inspection 
process and contact me before he does any work.  I am assuming the axial 
thrust rings -- the clamp bolt on the left side appeared tight and the way 
I drive I wouldn't discount excessive wear :p  All ball joints and tie rod 
ends are new.  I had them replaced due to split boots,  not because I was 
trying to fix my steering problem.

I'll report on the fix, if there is one.
     Toby Erkson
     air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
     '75 Porsche 914 stock 1.8L for sale


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Subject: Re: Steering Adjust
Author:  type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE
Date:    3/4/97 11:05 PM


...
     First time it was warm enough to replace 'em last spring, I
borrowed a friend's car port to do the swap.  Guess what?  The axial thrust
rings were just fine.  I just about messed my pants... until I noticed that
the left hand side tapered clamp bolt & the dimple in the torsion bar were
beat to hell.  *That's* where the slop was.  The torsion bar from my bonus
front end was useless (the opposite end corroded away), so I just used a
new set screw & tightened the heck out of it.  After one retightening, it's
been fine.  Later, when I asked a local VW mech. if had any bonus T3 upper
torsion bars in his stash, he said "no, they get all buggered up where that
set screw holds them on the left side."

     Toby--you're getting your axial thrust rings replaced?  Did you
locate new replacements, or are they used?

-Greg
'71 squareback
'63 Beetle