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Subject:Re: Front end seems wrong
From:VWNut Hawk
Date:Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:33:48 -0600

I thought of that.  Thanks.  Not hard as we have power tools!

>>> Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@pobox.com> 1/15/2004 11:29:21 AM >>>

         Just a suggestion, worth the paper it's printed on, and a lot
of
work to try, but... You could swap the tires & wheels between the two
vans
and see if the problem moves. That would prove it's a tire issue, not a

mechanical one... or rule out the tires as the cause of the problem.

At 10:24 AM 1/15/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>My blue 84's front end seems to move around a lot more than my brown
>84.
>They both do not have power steering.
>The front tires between the two vehicles are different.
>In windy conditions it's scarey to go over 62 mph as the front end
>wants
>to dip or bounce or something.
>I've checked the shocks and the stabilizer arm and can't determine
>anything wrong.
>I don't feel any slop in the steering wheel like the gears are worn
or
>anything.
>The front end was aligned and the tires are wearing evenly.
>It just seems to float around too much.