I thought of that. Thanks. Not hard as we have power tools! >>> Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@pobox.com> 1/15/2004 11:29:21 AM >>> Just a suggestion, worth the paper it's printed on, and a lot of work to try, but... You could swap the tires & wheels between the two vans and see if the problem moves. That would prove it's a tire issue, not a mechanical one... or rule out the tires as the cause of the problem. At 10:24 AM 1/15/2004 -0600, you wrote: >My blue 84's front end seems to move around a lot more than my brown >84. >They both do not have power steering. >The front tires between the two vehicles are different. >In windy conditions it's scarey to go over 62 mph as the front end >wants >to dip or bounce or something. >I've checked the shocks and the stabilizer arm and can't determine >anything wrong. >I don't feel any slop in the steering wheel like the gears are worn or >anything. >The front end was aligned and the tires are wearing evenly. >It just seems to float around too much. |
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