Re: Steering Adjust

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

I know the tank doesn't need to be removed.

Something else to check are the axial thrust rings.  After all this time 
they may need to be replaced due to wear and it will affect 
steering/wandering.  I am taking my baby in tonight to get this done, as a 
matter of fact.  One way to help take up any slack is to tighten the bolt 
in the right, upper stabilizer arm.  This helped me some but there's still 
too much slop.

To check:  Jack up front end so tires are off the ground.  Have an 
assistant grasp the tire at 12 and 6 o'clock and rock the wheel back and 
forth.  You look at the joint where the upper stabilizer arm meets the 
torsion housing.  If you can see the arm moving back and forth (the joint 
gap widening and narrowing) then you need to make the adjustment.  See a 
Haynes or Bentley manual for this very easy procedure.
     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: Steering Adjust
Author:  type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE
Date:    3/3/97 4:01 PM


Hi all:

I was just wondering if anyone has experience in adjusting the gearbox
on a late-model Type 3.  There's a lot of wander in the steering, and I've
been told that the other components (ball joints, tie rods) are in good
shape.  The main thing I was wondering about is whether removal of the
gas tank is necessary, what not to screw up, etc.

Thanks!
Doug H.
'71 Squareback