Well I won't say how relatively warm it is here in Vancouver. Still. I won't work at night outside. "whimpers"..... Yah there's more to this front end stuff than I thought! I hope to do more stuff soon...... When it's warmer ;) Yah I read of that U joint in my *ahem*, personal Vanagon archives. (really sweet to have btw) Won't you have to swap out some parts like the steering knuckle to go manual? Neil. On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net> wrote: > My clunk in the 90 GL is more slop and I promise to fix it when it > warms up!! Along with the ball joints, control arm bushings et > al. My culprit is the universal joint in the intermediate rod/shaft > having wallered out its thrust surfaces. Guess all those years of > driving without the power steering pump are finally coming home to > roost. That U joint prolly wasn't designed for spinning a non > functioning PS rack. We'll solve the problem when we convert to > manual steering soon. > > Thawing out in NE Iowa. > |
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