Date:         Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:01:07 -0600
Reply-To:     OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Power steering rack - how to tell when it is bad?
Comments: To: Markus Benne <mbenne@M-BASS.COM>
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                Markus

        Tires could very well be Your problem,,, Your Fronts & Rears, being diff’ brands

& therefore possibly quite diff’ construction, might not being “Playing Well” together,,,

I run diff’ size tires on front vs rear & so have run into this in the past once when I

needed new fronts & decided to give some really nice Falkens a try,,, Don’t remember

now if I was running Deans or Coopers all the way around prior but the Falkens stayed

on for less than a month & got replaced by Coopers,,, The combo of the Falkens with

Whatever I had on the Rear made handling feel as if every bolt & joint in the Front end

was about to fall apart,,, I run Coopers on all 4 now & even though they are slight diff’

style, due to there not being the 2 sizes I use in the same style, they are close enough

that they provide rock solid handling in all conditions ~

                                                                ORR ~ DeanB
   

> On 18 Jul , 2023, at 8:20 AM, Markus Benne <mbenne@M-BASS.COM> wrote:
> 
> 
> Not a silly question at all!   Definite possibility and tires are on my radar as well.
> 
> I am running pretty old bfg's on the rear, and slightly smaller Nokians on the front.
> 
> 215/70R16 and 215/65R16, CV900s.
> 
> From: ericcaron96@comcast.net
> Sent: July 18, 2023 10:11 a.m.
> To: mbenne@m-bass.com
> Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> Subject: Re: Power steering rack - how to tell when it is bad?
> 
> OK, 
> 
> Next silly question. 
> 
> What are your current wheels and tires?
> 
> Eric Caron 
> 
>