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On 24 Jul 2002, at 2:58, Jason Cornfeld wrote: > I tightened my steering box a few months ago.. and it steered great. > now it seems to wander a little bit, I drive this car EVERY DAY. so. I need > to know, could old shocks cause this? what about messed up ball joints? Could be worn out shocks, loose ball joints, loose tie rod ends, overpressurized front tires (try 20psi front/30psi rear), loose set screw in the front upper trailing arm, the one that attaches it to the torsion bar, worn out steering damper.... > I am just wondering wha tI ahve to do to the car to make it steer and turn > great. and sometimes when I am parking, i get a sound like the tires are > rubbing against the sheet metal, but they cant be. they are stock tires and > rims, and it is at stock height. so. what should I do? Even stock tires can rub against the inside of the fender walls at full lock. If you look there you can usually see the rub mark. I think every type 3 I have ever had rubbed on one side or the other. > I am also wondering, on the rear tires, it seems the top of the right rear > tire tilts inward towards the body a little. could a bad set of shocks do > this too? This angle should change very little with the IRS suspension. Is everything in there correctly? I have seen cars where the diagonal arm pivot bolt had been removed and left out. This left that arm just bumping around and making noise, and allowed the rear wheel to be somewhat free to sit however it liked. Unless you have some special shocks, the shocks don't generally affect the ride height or wheel/tire position. In other words, if you take a car with standard shocks and remove them completely, it won't sit any lower or higher. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/