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[T3] front end shakes


Hi,

My name is Kevin-I was on the list a while back with a '67 sqbk. Unfortunately
it was totalled in an accident.

But I am trying to get back into a squareback. I am looking at a '71, with a
dual port, and fuel injection. I have owned a '65 bus for a while...but the
type 3 is a whole new beast.

Well onto my problem. The squareback I am looking at has problems when you are
driving along, and are turning(not neccessarily a sharp turn, just kind of a
curve in the road) if you hit any irregularity in the road the front end
shakes. This reminds  me of my last sqbk which has tie-rod end problems. Well
I checked it-and it all looked ok to me. I brought it to the current owners
mechanic. He thought the steering dampner looks relative new and that the
tie-rod ends look fine. He thought that the problem was the alignment, as
evidenced by the scalloping of the treads on the front end. He suggested
getting the car aligned(something he does not do). I brought it over, they did
the alignment-then Peter (the current owner called me tonight, to let me know
he picked up the car, but it still shakes a little on him. Although it is
"much tighter".

Does anyone have any ideas? I was thinking that maybe the tie-rod ends are not
adjusted prperly. The Steering dampner looks as though it has beeen replaced
relatively recently(all shiny and new looking). Any chance it is not the
correct one? any '71 only things I should be loking for.


thanks

-kevin
potential sqbk in San Francisco, CA
vw home in Somerville, MA - looking forward to a little road trip...



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