[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
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
_______________________________________________
Scirocco-l mailing list
Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l