Hi all. A while back Jake DeVilliers test drove my VanaJetta. He kindly commented that something felt hinky. (loose paraphrase) This sat in the back of my mind. FF to rebuilding most of the front end. Things improved (especially with radius arm fix), but there was still a twitchy feel to steering at highway speeds. Noticed play at 2 rubber bushings between lower column and flange. Could hear subtle "clunk" moving wheel L/R a little. Replaced bushings, "twitchy feel" gone. I assume this has been covered before, but felt it worth mentioning. Besides I took pics! Easy to check, not a hard job to do. http://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/SteeringBushing# Cheers, Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.