I've always thought that losing connectivity between the steering wheel and front wheels could be the "ugliest" failure in many circumstances. For instance, at speed in traffic on a curvy road. When I first thought on this subject my driver was probably a somewhat out of order older vw (splittie with worn front drum brakes and improper tires, not to mention loose tie rod ends etc. etc.) that would pull to one side under hard braking. What part failure could cause this diconnect on a Vanagon? I'm guessing quite a few but I don't know of any single points of failure that are likely. Fortunately if maintained well at all our front ends don't seem to be vulnerable to any sort of full-disconnect failure. That is my nomination for number 1. Gas lines may be a good number two, seat belts (when needed) a number 3, etc. I may be on the wrong track though as ugly makes me think catastrophic! Jonathan Poole |
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