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Re: [T3] Steering doughnut failures?


On 20 Apr 99, at 12:01, Diane & Dave Burden wrote:

> What has been your MTBF for the rubber steering doughnut?  I
> had one fail 2 years ago (maybe 1.5), and the replacement finally broke
> this morning.
> 
> We drive the car daily, but the odo'd broken so I'd guess we put on about
> 12-15k miles a year, which I'm sure plays into the life of this part.
> 
> Is this normal or am I getting cheap replacements?

This seems odd to me. In 30 years I have never replaced one on any 
car, mine or customer's.

I would be concerned that there is something about the alignment 
between the steering gearbox and the wheel shaft that puts abnormal 
stress on this disk. There is normally very little flex called for in 
these.

If you think the quality is a problem I'm sure I have an old but good 
used OE one.

Jim
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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