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Cheap rotors. You could get them turned but its better off to get the german ones. if its not shimming without the brakes on then its not a wheel out of balance Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback "El BajaRojo" 65 Squareback "Eggcrate" 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary "Rextur" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toby Erkson" <air_cooled_nut@pobox.com> To: "Type 3 Mailing List" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 11:51 PM Subject: [T3] Breaking the quiet: Jiggly steering when braking...why? > Ok, this has been going on and I can't figure it out. '72 Squareback, > recent 4-wheel alignment per Bentley, 5.5" after-market rims w/20psi up > front (205 series), rotors adjusted and free-play feels correct (I > thought this would fix it...nope), torsion arms adjusted (they were > loose), and upper steering adjustment made to take slack out of > roller/worm gear. There is no wheel wobble at any speed (tires *seem* > properly balanced). But if I get on the brakes the front end will > wobble much like a wheel out of balance when you're cruising down the > freeway. This evening I was stopping from 40mph down hill and got the > wobble. No clunking. Car still tracks fairly straight for getting > wobbly. A VERY GENTLE braking will not cause the wobble feeling. > > What to check? > > -- > Toby Erkson -- http://www.icbm.org/ > '72 VW Squareback Darksider, 5-speed, 2.0L, rag top > Sold to Purdue Univ.: '72 VW Squareback Lightsider, automatic, FI, sunroof > '95 VW Jetta ~ SCCA Solo 2 EP #3; '73 Porsche 914; '81 Honda Gold Wing > Portland, Oregon > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >