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I talked to my mechanic yesterday when I brought him the newused steering column I had bought (Thanks Greg!) just in case it would be needed. Turns out, the steering shaft just rotted away (my car lived most of its life in Indiana), so it was very fortunate I had gotten that. He said it was all torqued and rotating "like a crankshaft" and just grinding inside the steering shaft tube (or whatever it's rightly called). So, it's all getting taken care of. Too bad it's so cold here (Chicago) or I'd have been under there myself taking pictures. Oh, well. --boinger On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 10:39, Jeff Vier wrote: > 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). > > I put my hand against the steering column as I turned the wheel back and > forth (there are places in the revolution of the wheel that are quiet), > and it feels like something's rubbing about halfway down. > > I know details are sketchy, but I had to get to work, I couldn't play > with it as thoroughly as I would have on, say, saturday. > > thanks for any insight. > > --boinger -- boinger <boinger@qamail.transora.com> ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/