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Help my car to survive



I got a *similar* feeling before I replaced my strut bearings.....are you=
rs
sticking way up in the air? there should only be 1/2" of gap there.


HTH

Dan
Tam-pa, FL
'81 Rabbit Sportruck
'87 16v Scirocco
'00 Jetta
http://home.earthlink.net/~danws69/index.html

-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of '84 Scirocco
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 15:06
To: VW List
Subject: Help my car to survive



Ok after a month of debating whether to sell my car and buy something new=
,
I've decided FUCK THAT idea and just try to fix her.  This list gave me
hope.  Here's whats going on.

Basically I'm having front end problems.  If I hit a major bump my rack
feels like its shaking.  In general my steering rack feels "loose" - loos=
e
steering and rattling.

Struts are less than a year old.  CV joints are fine.  I KNOW I need to p=
ut
new control arm bushings in, and I even have the bushings and NEW control
arms from Potterman too, just need to sink them in.  But other than that,=
 is
there anything else I should be worried about?  Will the control arms
themselves cause this much problem?  What about the motor mounts? I hate
taking the car on the highway now - it doesn=B9t feel safe somehow.  Most=
ly
psychological, cause its not really driving *that* bad...

Luckily we have the new Ford for heavy traveling and stuff, so its not li=
ke
I cant get around.  I drive the Scirocco daily to work and love the looks=
 I
get from people, especially the other VW owners.  I love my car ... Just
wish I had a proper place to do shit, cause I havent been able to do the
control arms on my street.  Gotta find someone with a garage.

Anyhow, cheers.

Greg


--

'84 Scirocco
'01 Focus ZX3
St. Louis, MO


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