Re: bad ball joints?

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

Hmmm...
    I would recommend jacking up your car and checking for play in the ball joints
and tie rod ends by wiggling the wheels back and forth, and that would solve that
issue...
    Then, it could be that you damaged your CV's, or knocked your alignment off in
some odd way. Maybe you lost a wheelweight and your tires need to be rebalanced?
Just throwing out ideas...
    -Josiah
        '83 Scirocco (for parts)
    '84 GTi (needs fuel pump)
    '86 Scirocco 8v (broken frame)
    '87 QSW (daily driver)
    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah

the mad bastard wrote:

> hey ya'll, i'm trying to figure out a little problem that has been
> plaguing my car for about a week or so now.
>
>         i get some major steering shakes whenever i drive the car (mostly
> higher speeds 100km/h(60mph)+).  also, the car pulls quite hard to the
> left at any time.
>
>         this started about a week ago after i swapped trannies.  to do the job,
> i disconnected the axles from the tranny, but left them connected at the
> wheels, and disconnected the ball joints from whatever that spot is
> called nearest the wheels.
>
>         everything came apart and went together without any problems.  could
> there have been something i missed?  i really can't see why my alignment
> would be off and why my car would be shaking so much.  any ideas,
> volks?  thanks a ton.
>
> jason
> the mad bastard...not dead, just lurking
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