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On 28 Jul 2003 at 17:10, Ben Doughney wrote: > Over the last week I have had a weird rattle in the steering somewhere that > I didn't like. I finally got a chance to have a look at it on the weekend, > and found that the right sway bar arm had worked its way loose. > > I had set this just after I got the car, about 3 months ago now, so I pulled > that arm off to see what was going on there. I couldn't see any thing wrong, > but I couldn't find that dimple that goes bad, is that on the other side of > the bar? The dimple is on the left side. > I re-set the free play, and tightened up the set bolt and it hasn't come > loose again yet, but I think there must be something wrong there. Did you follow all the directions in the Bentley manual. It IS possible that the hole in the trailing arm has been worn loose. If the rod was left loose for a long time this can ruin the trailing arm. The rods themselves seem to be much harder and never get damaged except at the dimple, where the even harder set screw pushes against it. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org