[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
<x-flowed>Found the problem and fixed it: Left side outer tie rod joint.
Steering dampener is working properly.
Toby Erkson -- http://www.icbm.org/ '72 VW Squareback Darksider, 5-speed, 2.0L, rag top Sold to Purdue Univ.: '72 VW Squareback Lightsider, automatic, FI, sunroof '95 VW Jetta ~ SCCA Solo 2 EP #3; '73 Porsche 914; '81 Honda Gold Wing Portland, Oregon
Jim Adney wrote:
Check for looseness in the tie rod ends. Read the section in the Bentley about checking the ball joints. You won't have the special tool, and I don't either, but you can figure out a way to make the measurements and compare them to the limits that VW sets out.
Unbolt one end of the steering damper and make sure that it has damping action in small displacements, especially in its central range...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~