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On 20 Feb 2005 at 17:03, Steven Cooper wrote: > Ever since having a supposedly new steering box installed by a mechanic > several years ago, the steering has suffered from a niggling problem. The > steering wheel center position moves under some circustances, generally when > parking in those tight awkward spots requiring heavy hauling on the wheel. > I cann't actually notice the wheel slipping while parking, but once out on > the road and driving straight I notice that the center position is different > from before parking. My first thought on hearing this is that either the gearbox is moving on the beam, or the gearbox cover is moving on the gearbox. I would want to look carefully at the margins of the gearbox mounting for signs of motion. This could be because the gearbox was not tight enough, or it was tight, but there was dirt under it so that it did not actually fit securely. I would also check to make sure that the Pittman arm is tight on the gearbox shaft and that the input flange is also tight. Those parts are all on splines, however, so not much motion would be possible. I think the bolts thru the flex coupling pass thru 4 steel bushings that leave no room for play. You should check to make sure that none of these bushings were lost, and that all 4 bolts were tight. You should also check the 4 locks on the tie rod ends. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~