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Subject:Re: Steering
From:Erik Valeur
Date:Mon, 11 Feb 2002 01:04:13 +0100

Phil,

It just means that you have manual steering. There is no power steering pump to
help you fight those curbs.

Erik V.
86 vanagon westy (manual steering)
82 vanogon diesel 9-passenger (manual steering)
82 cabrio
85 cabrio
98 beetle

Citerat fr�n Philip Krueger <pkruege@ITSA.UCSF.EDU>:

> I have a 82' Westy diesel that has a slight steering issue and  I
> don't
> know much about rack and pinion steering.  When nudging a curb the
> wheel
> is violently ripped from my grip and the van will swerve with a sudden
> wind.  Tie rod ends seem to check out.  Initially I thought steering
> dampner however, there isn't one.  What does this mean?  Thanks,
>
> Phil
>

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