Re: handling probs

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

Sounds like excessive positive toe out adjustment. Have the front end 
aligned.



>
>   well, we finally got around to fixing the camber and toe on my '86
>(and the clutch parts came for the '85 today!), but i'm still having
>some problems. this was a shadetree affair. we couldn't get the drivers
>side tie-rod nut loose (despite the right size wrenches AND a a
>blowtorch) so we had to adjust the passenger side only. the tires like
>to squeal now on a hard take off. i attribute this to them being
>half-bald, though. however, my main problem now is this: as i drive down
>the road, the car will just occasionally break-from-straight. i can't
>say that it pulls hard left or right, it just feels as if the steering
>has let loose for a second and the car turned right or left. the
>steering itself is fine. nothing seems to be wrong with the rack (it was
>replaced with a new unit a few years ago), but something is obviously
>not right. i'll be at cincy this saturday, but any hints before i make
>the drive would be helpful. needless to say, if it doesn't get fixed
>this weekend, it's going into the shop on monday. thanx.
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Chris DeLong
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'80 Rocco (For Sale)
'78 Scirocco
'82 GLI
'80 'Vert
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