Thank you Dennis.

On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 7:28 PM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Vibration at speed almost always indicates out of balance, out of round,
> or loose tire-wheel combinations. Begin with having the tires balanced and
> checked for run out. Having the belts shift is a common tire failure. Also
> since many of us are running wheels and mounting hardware well beyond the
> design life check that the ball seats of the wheels are not worn to the
> point that the wheel cannot be adequately clamped to the rotor.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of Tom C
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 3:41 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Inner tie rods
>
> Thank you Ken!
>
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 2:53 PM kenneth wilford <kenwilfy@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Jack up the front of the van so both wheels are off of the ground.
> > Grab the wheel at 3 and 9 position and while you look at the steering
> > rack boot, try to rock the wheel side to side.  If it is tight then
> > you are good.  If there is play, see if it is the tie rod outer or the
> > inner one (under the steering rack boot).  It should be obvious.
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 1:45 PM Tom C <thomas.casal@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello everybody!
> >>
> >> How does one know when the inners are warn out on a vanagon? I
> >> watched a few videos on it, when I hit a bump I definitely feel it in
> >> my steering wheel. I don’t think mine have ever been changed, I’m at
> about 235k miles.
> >> I have urethane bushings all around except the steering rack, haven’t
> >> changed those old decrepit bushings yet and when I hit about 65 70 my
> >> steering wheel is vibrating annoyingly. Gonna update to urethane
> >> bushing for the rack mount and do the inner and outer tie rods while
> >> I’m at it and install the steering stiffener. Just curious if those
> >> are the symptoms of a warm inner tie rod? I was ready to change my
> >> urethanes back to rubbers but I think my issue is in the steering
> >> rack now it’s the only thing I haven’t updated. Thanks for reading.
> >> Peace tom
> >>
> >
>