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On 9 Mar 2003 at 22:41, Mark Seaton wrote: > I did this, and it was easy! just like most things on these great cars. The > bar came out with gentle tapping. I pulled it right out and it looked > amazingly good- in fact it could have been new! There was no wear on the > lobed ends, and the lock screw dimple in the L side was pefectly formed. Good, then you torqued the grub screw to spec when you put it back again, right? > I wonder why the manuals go into that rotating the arms to vertical to > remove the bar? Is this necessary for removing the arms?- are they keyed > into the crossmember in case the stabilizer bar breaks? Yes, I believe so. > I still had the same adjustment trouble though. I would tighten the adjuster > bolt hard hand tight, then back it off. It would unscrew a few turns under > tension- like there was something springy in there taking up the slack. I > looked but it didn't seem that the rubber sealing rings had been displaced > into the joint. Is this a normal thing? I guess I settled on about mid way > between loose and really tight- should that be OK? I think the sealing rings will kind of wedge themselves in there and put the arms out if you give them the chance. I THINK I remember something about slipping those rings out of the way while you make this adjustment. You don't want them confusing the issue. > Maybe soon I'll take the whole thing apart for inspection. I didn't > want to disturb the ball joints as they're OK and I didn't want to mess > with the steering setup, but it looks easy enough and if I undo the big > nuts on them, everything should be the same when I put it back. It's really a fair amount of work, so I really don't recommend it. Plus there is always the chance of breaking something else that would otherwise have worked fine for another 100k miles. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org