That's what I'm kinda thinking.  The rack was rebuilt about three years ago.
The original lasted 250K or so.  The rebuilt has about 100K, and I don't
think it was ever as tight as the original.

Thanks,

Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: steering question

> At 22:59 3/30/2000, Karl Wolz wrote:
> >My front end guy says that power steering is inherently less precise than
> >non-power (my '84 is rock solid and goes exactly where I point it).  I
can
> >accept this, but I think the '85 has gotten noticeably less precise over
the
> >last year or two.
>
> I don't believe a word of it.  My '85 has power steering and it acts just
> like hard steering, but easier.  Lots easier.
>
> david
> David Beierl - Providence, RI
>   http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
> '85 GL "Poor Relation"