Phil, It just means that you have manual steering. There is no power steering pump to help you fight those curbs. Erik V. 86 vanagon westy (manual steering) 82 vanogon diesel 9-passenger (manual steering) 82 cabrio 85 cabrio 98 beetle
Citerat från Philip Krueger <pkruege@ITSA.UCSF.EDU>: > I have a 82' Westy diesel that has a slight steering issue and I > don't > know much about rack and pinion steering. When nudging a curb the > wheel > is violently ripped from my grip and the van will swerve with a sudden > wind. Tie rod ends seem to check out. Initially I thought steering > dampner however, there isn't one. What does this mean? Thanks, > > Phil > ................................................................ SVERIGES ENKLASTE E-POSTADRESS! - http://www.sverige.nu SVERIGES NYA ADRESSREGISTER! - http://www.adress.nu |
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