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This interests me: in New Zealand we have a statutory Warrant of Fitness every 6 months, and the steering coupling is one of the things that is specifically checked, especially if you go somewhere that actually knows something about the cars. Do you not have any inspections in the US? Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com> To: "Type 3 Mailing List" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [T3] Crunchy steering? > Well... if your car is vvery, I mean VERY rusty your front frame head may > just have collapsed! that spelled the end of my old 73 5 years after I sold > it. > > MUCH more likely that the rubber column joint has failed... DONT drive it > till you check things out. We should ALL check our disc's out, especially > if they have been replaced as the repros are made from very poor rubber and > generally start cracking in just a year or so. > > Keith > > > > I think that some Bad Stuff happened to my steering system in my '67 > > Squareback today. I pulled up to parallel park, and as I rolled back > > and turned the wheel, it made a 'chunk!' sound, and suddenly the > > steering was all crunchy. It doesn't seem very happy in there, but it > > is able to steer some (but not very efficiently, it takes a LOT more > > effort, now). > > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.435 / Virus Database: 244 - Release Date: 12/30/02 ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/