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Re: [T3] Steering wheel/front end shudder


On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 22:45, 1970squareback@cox.net wrote:
> Hi all!
>  
> Lurker w/ a question....
>  
> I have a 1970 Squareback that I bought lowered.  I never liked this, but I couldn't figure out how to undo it.  Anyway, I took it to a local shop earlier this week and had it raised to factory height.  All seemed good until I came home from work today.  I hit a small bump in the road at about 30mph and the steering wheel started shuddering, so much so that I could not hold it in place (the car was still going straight fine, not pulling to either side).  I pulled over, thinking that one of my tires was coming off, but all seemed okay.  I started out again and the same thing happened on the next bump.  I slowed down to maybe 5 mph and it stopped and I was able to accelerate again.  As long as the road is smooth everything is fine.  I just got home now and looked under the car a bit, the steering dampner is attached, there's nothing I can see falling off, but I don't really know what to look for.  Has anyone experienced this problem before?  Do you know what I should be looking!
>   for?  Any advice would be appreciated.  
>  
Sounds like a bad steering damper, or a loose upper sway bar. Also
possibel that they left something loose when the put it back together. I
wouldn't drive it to far without finding out.
Talk to the people that raised it back up.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'71 FB AT
'66 FB MT
'65 T1 (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org

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