Date:         Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:04:20 -0800
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Steering "clunk" noise solved??
Comments: To: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net>
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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.
>