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Check to make sure that you have both rear trailing arm pvot bolts/pins on the inner side. I lost one once because it didn't get restaked good enough, leads to some wild handling problems. Also check that both axle nuts are tight. Might not be a main seal on your oil leak, I had a flywheel O-ring get hard and leak on me on a junkyard replacement engine. Should have replaced it when I had it out of the car, but was in a hurry. Cost me $80 for clutch parts, just because I didn't replace a 50 cent O-ring. On Mon, 6 Jul 1998 01:49:10 -0500, you wrote: >Speaking of new/Old Vehicles I finally got the 1973 Squareback home and >drove it for the first time since I owned it! Drove it 15 Suicidal Miles! >hehehe. Well its yellow and i told you all about it a few times here and >there and I never have time but here and there to say hey.! > >Well anyway when I was driving her home the front end was driving great >no play, great brakes, killer engine running crappy because we just got >the 73 so called up and running. you know. I replaced the oil radiator >that someone that owned the car before me used their happy high speed cut >off and retardedly choped OR I MEAN sawed off the rare tin around the oil >radiator but half of it is still there! And So me the Volkswagen Human >Survivor got the oil cooler off and replaced it with a Old stock garaged >part from my ole friend joe that gets everyone out of their type 3 rutts >some how. > >But anyway i was driving her home ok,. I thought that the back end felt >kind of funny and when I changed lanes doing about 40MPH i suddenly heard >the axle grinding into whatever it war grinding into. and the otherside >also like when I was going around some bends that scared the hell out me. >But the engine is fastend and the mounts are secure. So >Im not sure if it would be a rear tortion problem or what. This car is >solid and ready to get repainted. I just have to tare down the ass end >down and figure what in the would the proble would be before I drive her >back in to cleves (About 12 miles away to get painted. > >Oh yeah i forgot to mention to that the clutch was slipping real bad and >so I think the rear main seal if trashed in the motor because there was >mass (MASSIVE QUANTITY) of oil running down the road from when I turned >the car off and it only leaks out after you run it for a minute. So you >know I have a few problems to deal with. > >I need some serious advice on the rear end though because I mean the hole >back of the car was moving with the gravity pull of my turn and is >definitely not normal nor have I ever experienced this problem. So let me >know. > >Check out my Web > >>From Chris Swafford:www.geocities.com/motorcity/garage/4265/ >537Buckeye 36LSB S.W. Corner of Cinti,Oh In the Hills >71'Beautiful stock Squareback half in primer driving everyday (over 2500 >miles since may) and still rusting >73'Squareback (More than solid) Rear torion or something in the rear is >fried & Echeck Skimps Us! >68'Bug w/swingaxle (I hate thoes)Oh well! > >_____________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com >Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]