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Re: [T3] front end shimmy and shake


On 6 Dec 2003 at 9:57, Corivus De Lan wrote:

> Okay here's another one, our 71 square, sleepy, tends to shake on the road
> when we go over 30 on a left curve but if we do it on a right one she's just
> fine, could this be the bushings or maybe something else?

Your type 3 really doesn't have any bushings like your other car. Shimmy 
problems in type 3s are almost always due either to a worn out steering damper, 
or, more likely, a loose fixing bolt for the sway bar (the upper torsion bar in 
the front axle beam.)

Read your Bentley front end chapter, then jack up the car and tighten the set 
screw that holds the UL swing arm to the upper torsion bar. Then check the 
play. You may need to adjust the play, but you must FIRST make sure the set 
screw on the left side is tight.

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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