Date:         Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:42:43 -0700
Reply-To:     Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Steering too stiff and seems to be getting stiffer
Comments: To: Stephen Edwards <welfarewrkr@igc.org>
In-Reply-To:  <29D32787-AC84-467A-B60F-534778AC32BD@igc.org>
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dear stiff one

i understand that if stiffness lasts longer than 4 hours one should seek
help from ... oops .. wrong list sorry ...

seriously ... if you have been taking your vanagon to this shop for years
and suddenly have an issue with work done ...
i would take it up with the owner ...
i would take the owner out for a drive and let him have the wheel ..
let him discover what is wrong
if his new guy on vans is not competent ...
he will realize and appreciate the feed back
if owner of shop is a closed minded knuckle dragger ... then time to move on

good luck ....
yours


On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Stephen Edwards <welfarewrkr@igc.org>wrote:

> My wife and I drive a 1991 Vanagon GL with over 200K on it. Recently
> I had the indicator signal stalk replaced - it got broken off, there
> was something else that needed doing and I had a repair shop do it.
>
> Since the repair the steering seems to be getting harder and harder
> to turn. Maybe this is a coincidence - the van has many miles on it
> after all - but my wife who drives it daily, thinks it started with
> the repair. What could the shop have done that would have had this
> effect?
>
> I should say, the signal doesn't cancel any more after you complete
> the turn. And I would take it back for that, of course, but at this
> point I'd like to know what's wrong BEFORE I trust it to that shop
> again.  This is a shop I've been going to for years, but lately they
> seem to have fallen off.
>
> It's a power steering model but the fluid is topped up and there's
> none of the noise you'd normally get if there was a power-steering-
> pump problem.
>
> Please p-mail me with replies as I seem to have gotten dropped off
> the list.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve Edwards, 91` GL Vanaru in Chicago.
>



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